The victim is believed to have been targeted for his watch
Horrified Harrods customers have described stepping into a “pool of blood” after a man was stabbed inside London’s world famous department store.
The 29-year-old victim – believed to have been targeted for his designer watch – was rushed to hospital following the incident at the Knightsbridge business on Saturday.
Several 999 crews raced to the scene and the store was cordoned off, but the knifeman managed to escape and is still at large.
A dad, who was in the next room inside the store’s Louis Vuitton concession with his teenage daughter when the attack happened, called on London Mayor Sadiq Khan to take “drastic action” to curtail knife crime.
Ronnie Chopra, 49, of Mayfair, said: “We were in the adjacent room waiting to see men’s wallets as my daughter wanted to buy me a birthday present.
“We didn’t see the actual incident, but heard another customer saying that someone had a knife and slashed a person’s arm trying to get a watch.
“When we were leaving the area, there was a pool of blood on the floor and my 13-year-old daughter, Anoushka, sadly walked into it.
“I’m horrified that this occurred inside a shop in London. She was visibly shaken.”
Chopra called on Khan to take “drastic action to get rid of the menace that is knife crime”.
“He literally has blood on his hands. London is falling.”
The victim remains in hospital, although his injuries are not believed to life-threatening.
A Met Police spokesman confirmed officers were called to the department store at 7.33pm and found a man with “stab/slash wounds”.
“He was taken to hospital by ambulance where his condition was assessed as non-threatening and non-life changing.”
A spokeswoman for Harrods said: “We are unable to comment on an incident whilst there is an ongoing police investigation.”
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