(posted 7010 days ago)South London Press
Man knifed on double-decker
Feb 8 2005A BUS passenger was yesterday fighting for his life after he was stabbed during a row upstairs on a double-decker.
The man, believed to be in his 20s, was attacked on the day the Met launched an operation to stamp out transport crime.
Cops were called shortly before noon following reports of a fight between two men on the southbound 133 in Kennington Park Road.
As we went to press, officers were hunting for the knifeman, who is thought to have fled through Othello Close into Kennington Lane.
A Met spokeswoman said yesterday: "We're not sure at this stage what the dispute was about.
"All we can confirm is that there appears to have been a stabbing on the 133 bus.
"A man is in hospital and his condition appears to be life-threatening.
"At the moment we're looking for a second man who appears to have fled the scene."
Cops sealed off the bus at a stop outside the Guinness Trust flats in Kennington Park Road.
Officers had also sealed off parts of Othello Close. A witness, who lives in nearby Cornwall Square, said: "The whole place is crawling with police.
"There's about 10 cars and a van. I think they're waiting for the sniffer dogs.
"The bloke must have run off from the bus and through here. I think he then headed off in the direction of Hurley Clinic [a doctor's surgery]."
The Met's Operation Chicago began yesterday, targeting robberies, thefts, ticket fraud and other offences committed on our transport system.