Attempted murder charge for man accused of West End knife attack on two police officers

A man has been charged by detectives investigating the stabbing of two police officers on Friday morning.

The alleged attack is said to have taken place near Leicester Square in Great Windmill Street at around 6am and ended with two officers going to hospital – one a female officer whose arm was badly injured, and a male colleague who was stabbed in the neck and chest.

Mohammed Rahman, 24, of Westbourne Park Road, Notting Hill, was charged on Saturday with attempted murder and Section 18 GBH with intent.

The attempted murder charge relates to a male police constable, the GBH to a female police constable.

He was also charged with assault (ABH) and two counts of threatening a person in a public place with a bladed article. These charges relate to three other police constables.

In addition, he was charged with robbery and possession of a bladed article.

Rahman appeared at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court on Monday and was remanded in custody to appear at the Old Bailey on Friday, October 14.

Picture: Forensics officers and police at the scene where two police officers were stabbed (Picture: PA)