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This is the terrifying moment a knifeman armed with a huge blade stabs at a victim in broad daylight on a residential London street.
In another episode of crime in Lawless London, CCTV captured the dreadful attack play out in the quiet road.
The pair can be seen tussling in the middle of the road of the cul-de-sac in Southall, west London, at 9.39pm last night.
But then the man wearing the dark hoodie reveals he is carrying a massive knife with a huge, sharp blade.
Brandishing the weapon, the pair continue to wrestle each other but it takes on an even more sinister feel as the man with the knife stabs towards his victim repeatedly as they grapple.
The assailant swings at the other man with the knife, barely missing the victim who is able to move his legs out of the way of blade just in time.
The victim eventually manages to break free from the ferocious struggle and sprints away down Beresford Road.
As he runs for his life, the knifeman just casually walked away in the opposite direction towards an alleyway.
The pair tussled in the middle of the road in a cul-de-sac in Southall, west-London with the assailant in the dark hoodie stabbing at his victim
The man in the light hoodie manages to move his legs out of the way after he is stabbed at several times by the attacker
The one minute and five second long footage then comes to an end.
One local Nujat Khan said: 'Is he alright?'
A second said: 'We are urging the community to stay safe and alert.'
Another added: 'F****** animals running wild in the streets. And we aren't allowed to protect ourselves.'
One fumed: 'Starmer's UK.'
A fifth said: 'Time for you all to get out of the s*** pit.'
Knife crime is on the rise in London, with 16,344 incidents reported between 2024 and 2025 - up from the pre-Covid peak of 15,928 from 2019 to 2020, according to Statista.
A 26-year-old man was stabbed to death outside Laxa Lounge nightclub in Peckham the same day as this horrifying attack.
The victim manages to free himself and then sprinted away from the knifeman
Meanwhile, the attacker casually walks off down an alley way in the opposite direction
Two other men in their 20s were seriously wounded in the attack at 3.54am yesterday morning and are fighting for their lives in hospital in a life-threatening condition.
Four men - one aged 18 and another three aged 24 - have been arrested on suspicion of murder.
A 26-year-old female student who lives in a building inside the cordon told the Daily Mail: 'It's pretty scary knowing that somebody of your age has just been stabbed right outside your home.
'You don't even need to step outside the door and you're ducking under police tape.
'So it's very scary and we want the club to be shut down. There are always fights there and the police often have to get called to break them up.'
Detective Chief Inspector Neil John said the incident was 'deeply tragic' and has urged witnesses to come forward.
The Met Police has been approached for comment regarding the Southall attack.
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