Teenager, 17, is charged after 'blade attack' on worshippers at Sikh temple that left two women injured

A teenage boy has been charged after a blade attack on worshippers at a Sikh temple in Gravesend, Kent. 

Police was called to the Sri Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara at 8.10pm on Thursday 11 July 2024 after a reported disturbance and arrested a 17-year-old boy at the scene.

Two women were left with cuts and bruises to their hands and arms but no one was seriously injured, the force confirmed.

Police recovered a bladed weapon and secured the area.

The 17-year-old boy has now been charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm, using or threatening unlawful violence, threats to kill, threatening a person with a bladed weapon and possessing a bladed article in a public place.

The Sri Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara in Gravesend, Kent where two women were injured after a knife attack on Thursday July 11, 2024

Two women were left with cuts and bruises to their hands and arms after a 17-year-old boy reportedly entered the temple with a blade

Avtar Singh, 44, (pictured)…