Two people have died from injuries sustained in separate Notting Hill carnival attacks.
Cher Maximen, 32, was transported to hospital in a critical condition from Golborne Road last Sunday after she was caught in the middle of a fight between two groups of men.
The mother was brutally stabbed in front of her three-year-old daughter before being rushed away by paramedics, but tragically despite best efforts from medical staff, Cher died this morning.
In a double tragedy from the event Mussie Imnetu – a Michelin star chef who hails from Eritrea but grew up in Sweden – was knocked unconscious on the busy shopping street in Queensway on Monday night, also in the vicinity of the carnival celebrations.
The 41-year-old, who had worked under Gordon Ramsay and Marcus Wareing, suffered a severe head injury in the assault and sadly passed away yesterday.
Arrests at this year’s carnival hit their highest level since 2019 with 334 detained in two days as police said they were ‘tired’ of…