A man in his 40s was taken to hospital yesterday afternoon following a violent altercation in Leicester Square that left members of the public shocked.
The incident happened in broad daylight, prompting police to cordon off part of the square as emergency services responded to the scene.
One person who was at the scene said, “I saw two groups of men shouting at each other then next thing I know, one was completely laid out on the floor.”
A spokesperson for Met Police said, “Officers were called at 16:09 to reports of an altercation in Leicester Square. A man in his 40’s was treated at the scene by the London Ambulance Service and taken to hospital, his injuries are non-life threatening. One man in his 30’s has been arrested on suspicion of GBH and remains in custody.”
A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We were called at 4.05pm yesterday (10 May) to reports of an assault in Leicester Square.
“We sent resources including an ambulance crew, a paramedic on a cycle and an advanced paramedic to the scene. The first paramedic arrived in less than a minute.
“We treated a patient for a head injury and took him to a major trauma centre as a priority.”
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