Perfil: This Is The Moment A Hammer-wielding Thug Chased A Motorbike Rider After A Crash In London Amid Growing Calls For Mayor Sadiq Khan To Crack Down On Violence In The Capital

<p class="mol-para-with-font">This is the moment a hammer-wielding thug chased a motorbike rider after a crash in London amid growing calls for Mayor Sadiq Khan to crack down on violence in the capital.<p> </p><p> </p>
</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">The chaotic incident, thought to be an attempted robbery, happened around 6.20pm on London Road, outside Elephant and Castle Underground station, and was captured on video by onlookers.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">'I just thought I was going to see someone die,' one witness told MailOnline.<p> </p><p> </p>
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'It was one of the worst things I have ever seen.' </p><p class="mol-para-with-font">In one video, a man in a motorcycle helmet and purple printed jacket is seen sprinting across the street with a machete in his hand, as a motorbike, thought to be his, lies on its side in front of a car. </p><p class="mol-para-with-font">The man runs onto the pavement and moves quickly out of the way as two people on a moped approach him. The duo swerve, making a U-turn in the centre of the road, and the passenger can be seen wielding a hammer.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">It comes as Amir Khan launched a stinging attack on London Mayor Sadiq Khan for failing to tackle violent crime and making the city 'unliveable.'</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">The former world champion boxer, 35, has abandoned plans to move to London with his family after being robbed of his £72,000 luxury watch at gunpoint while out with his wife in the capital on Monday.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">Violent crime is on the rise under Sadiq Khan in London, according to official figures released by the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime in January.<p> </p><p> </p>
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This data revealed there were 233,965 offences of 'violence against the person' recorded by the Metropolitan Police in 2021 — up 6.1 per cent or <a href="http://wwe.smackdownresults.com" rel="dofollow">wwe tout</a> 13,358 from 220,607 in 2020. </p><p class="mol-para-with-font">There have been 24 homicide victims in London since the beginning of the year.</p><div class="moduleFull mol-video"><div><div itemprop="video" itemscope="itemscope" website content="Moped chases motorbike rider 'who wrestled machete off him'" itemprop="name" /><meta content="PT00M40S" itemprop="duration" /><meta website itemprop="thumbnailUrl" /><meta website itemprop="contentURL" /><meta content="2022-04-24T07:39:42+0100" itemprop="uploadDate" /><meta content="576" itemprop="height" /><meta content="1024" itemprop="width" /><meta content="Video appears to show a man running with a machete as he is chased by two people on a motorcycle wielding a hammer. Eye witnesses captured the moment from a bus outside Elephant and Castle station in London." itemprop="description" /><div class="item"> <div id="p-15" class="news x-wide video_carousel_container" style="width:964px;" data-track-module="vm-6041246441271018338^extra_wide" data-track-selector="a.videoLink" data-track-type="cl" data-track-pos="static"> <div style="width:636px"> <div class="vjs-video-container vjs-fixed vjs-span-two-col news" id="v-6041246441271018338"> <video controls="" class="video-js vjs-default-skin" website chases motorbike rider 'who wrestled machete off website appears to show a man running with a machete as he is chased by two people on a motorcycle wielding a hammer. Eye witnesses captured the moment from a bus outside Elephant and Castle station in London.website preload="none"> <source website type="video/mp4"></source> </video> </div> </div> <div class="xwv-related-videos-container-4 rotator news"> <h3>more videos</h3> <div class="xwv-navigator"> <div class="video_carousel_title bdrcc"> <div class="rotator-title"> <ul class="rotator-pages"> <li class="linkro-wocc"> </li> <li class="linkro-wocc"> </li> <li class="linkro-wocc"> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <div style="position: relative; overflow: hidden; height: 382px;"> <ul class="xwv-rotator js-itemList linkro-wocc rotator-panels"> <li> <ul> <li class="link-xwv-v" data-videoid="3752259712121550206"> </li> <li class="link-xwv-v" data-videoid="4400566929046748562"> </li> <li class="link-xwv-v" data-videoid="7278204971002708815"> </li> <li class="link-xwv-v" data-videoid="1405197500522869761"> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <ul> <li class="link-xwv-v" data-videoid="2676738655493111933"> </li> <li class="link-xwv-v" data-videoid="6748058641712856554"> </li> <li class="link-xwv-v" data-videoid="6991121493464662764"> </li> <li class="link-xwv-v" data-videoid="6886443769358077869"> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <ul> <li class="link-xwv-v" data-videoid="5281210819385117101"> </li> <li class="link-xwv-v" data-videoid="1631570147607463804"> </li> <li class="link-xwv-v" data-videoid="7882058872012292133"> </li> <li class="link-xwv-v" data-videoid="1438366017072050626"> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <script><p> </p><p> </p>
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that knife is insane, it's got some reach,' she said.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">'I was walking back to Elephant and Castle, and something didn't feel right. There was a bike on the floor, and another facing the wrong way. </p><p class="mol-para-with-font">'I was walking with my Aunt, and I said "that man's got a knife", I could see the long blade...<p> </p><p> </p>
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I just thought I was going to see someone die.'</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">The woman, from Gloucestershire, added: 'I live in the country ... It was one of the worst things I have ever seen. I just need to go back to the countryside.'</p><img src="https://wrestlingnews.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cesarodraft.jpg" width="450" style="max-width:450px;max-width:430px;float:left;padding:10px 10px 10px 0px;border:0px;"><p class="mol-para-with-font">The witness said that the motorcyclist kept trying to return to his fallen bike, but was being 'chased' by the pair on the moped.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">He then snatched the blade from them, and 'seconds' later, the two men returned wielding a hammer.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">The witness, who was standing at a roundabout, said that she sheltered a younger girl behind her body, encouraging her not to look. </p><p class="mol-para-with-font">The motorcyclist, now holding the knife, then ran across the road, and was chased again by the pair, before they made a U-turn in the road, and drove away.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">As they made their exit, the <a href="https://stockhouse.com/search?searchtext=pair%20crashed" rel="dofollow">pair crashed</a> fell and crashed on the floor, prompting an eruption of cheering from onlookers, the witness said.  </p><div><div data-track-module="am-related_carousel^related_carousel" data-track-selector=".rotator-panels a:not([class*=external])" data-dm-rotator-rotate="false" data-track-pos="static" data-preferred-shared-network-enabled="" data-dm-rotator-auto-init="" id="p-29" class="related-carousel with-fb-or-tw news half" data-dm-rotator-active-class="active" data-dm-rotator-page-count="2.0" data-dm-social-article-auto-init="" data-dm-rotator-page-size="1"> <div class="rotator bdrcc"> <div class="rotator-title"> <h2>RELATED ARTICLES</h2> <ul class="rotator-pages link-xocc"> <li class="rotator-prev"></li> <li></li> <li></li> <li class="rotator-next"></li> </ul> </div> <ul class="rotator-panels link-bogr1 linkro-ccox"> <li> </li> <li> </li> </ul> </div> <p> </p><p> </p>
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</div> </div><div class="mol-img-group xwArtSplitter" style="style"><div class="third first"><div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> <noscript> <img src="" width="450"> </noscript> </div></div><div class="third"><div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> <noscript> <img src="" width="450"> </noscript> </div></div><div class="third"><div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> <noscript> <img src="" width="450"> </noscript> </div></div><div class="clear"></div><p class="imageCaption">In a second video, the man in purple can then be seen being helped by bystanders pick up the motorbike lying in the street, in front of a car </p></div><div class="mol-img-group xwArtSplitter" style="style"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> <noscript> <img src="" width="450"> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption">After the incident, the motorcyclist in purple then drives off, after being helped back onto his motorbike</p></div><p class="mol-para-with-font">She said that the driver of a car, the man pictured wearing a white shirt, black trousers and jacket, got out of the car and took the knife from the motorcyclist.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">'He handed it in at the security desk in the tube,' she said.   </p><p class="mol-para-with-font">The witness said she could not see the faces of any of those involved, and believes 'it wasn't a gang thing', but an attempted motorcycle robbery. </p><p class="mol-para-with-font">In a second video, the man in a purple jacket was helped back onto the motorbike in the centre of the road by two bystanders. </p><p class="mol-para-with-font">In this clip, another man in a white shirt, black jacket and trousers has taken the machete from him, and carries it pointing down to the ground.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">The motorcyclist in purple is then seen riding away from the scene, passing close to a bus. </p><div class="mol-img-group xwArtSplitter mol-hidden-caption" style="style"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> <noscript> <img src="" width="450"> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption"></p></div><div class="mol-img-group xwArtSplitter mol-hidden-caption" style="style"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> <noscript> <img src="" width="450"> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption"></p></div><div class="mol-img-group xwArtSplitter mol-hidden-caption" style="style"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> <noscript> <img src="" width="450"> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption"></p></div><div class="mol-img-group xwArtSplitter mol-hidden-caption" style="style"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> <noscript> <img src="" width="450"> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption"></p></div><div class="mol-img-group xwArtSplitter mol-hidden-caption" style="style"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> <noscript> <img src="" width="450"> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption"></p></div><div class="art-ins mol-factbox floatRHS news" data-version="2" id="mol-2ee2a7c0-c3ac-11ec-b01a-cd4a9a34ca78" website moped thug chases rider &apos;who wrestled MACHETE off him&apos;