By Eric King-
Disturbing video footage of a young man slashing a man in the face in Ealing, has been released by police who is keen to find the dangerous attacker.
The footage was captured on the 1st of May last year shortly before 6.30 pm, but only released yesterday by police anxious to catch the thug. In the footage, the attacker emerges from a group of about 3 men and motions towards his victim whom he had clearly spotted .
He attacked the victim, slashing him across the left side of his face causing a deep cut. The men then rode off.
The victim received stitches to the injury on his left cheek at an east London hospital, but will be scared for life. The attacker was only caught because of a CCTV camera positioned outside a nearby address which captured the moment the victim was attacked by the suspect.
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The suspect is described as a black man wearing blue jeans, a blue jumper and a black jacket. Ealing is not known to be one of the violent parts of London, but the area does suffer its fair share of violence, like many other parts of London. Stabbings of this nature could be the result of a number of reasons, from drugs to an issue involving girls, or sheer post code rivalry. There doesn’t seem to be much limit to the circumstances that can lead to this sort of attack. The actual cause of the dispute is important, in understanding exactly what led to this attack, which certainly looked targeted.
What makes individuals attack others in this way, when they know they will scar their victims for life? The man uttered some words as he fled the scene, indicating that his victim was known to him. The knife used was sizeable, and the attacker looked like a young teenager. Gun crime is generally more common than knife crime in London, though both are dangerous. Some teenagers thugs prefer to take less risk when it comes to the possibility of a custodial sentence, though many teenagers from the streets usually take into account their expectation of a reprisal resulting from any planned attack.
Violent crimes against people in Ealing rose by almost 1,000 (11%) over the last year when there were 9,441 offences in the 12 months to June compared to 8,460 over the same period the year before.
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