17 year old charged with attempted murder over bus stabbing
Detectives investigating a stabbing on a bus in North Finchley have charged a teenager with attempted murder and threatening a person with a bladed/ pointed article in a public place. The 17-year-old was charged this morning, Monday, 11 March. He is appearing at Brent Magistrates’ Court this morning. At 4.41pm on Saturday, 9 March, police were called to reports of a stabbing in Colney Hatch Lane, North Finchley. Police and London Ambulance Service attended. At the scene, a 19-year-old man had suffered a stab wound to the chest while aboard a route 134 bus. The injured male was taken to an east London hospital by Air Ambulance, where he remains in a critical but stable condition.
