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Have-a-go hero, 58, is stabbed in a London Boots trying to stop a shoplifter as his attacker remains at large

The Kilburn High Road Boots branch, where paramedics treated the 58-year-old at the scene before he was taken to hospital.
The Kilburn High Road Boots branch, where paramedics treated the 58-year-old at the scene before he was taken to hospital.

A man stepped in to help Boots security staff stop a shoplifter at the Kilburn High Road branch on Friday morning and was knifed for his trouble, leaving him hospitalised with non-life-changing stab wounds.

Police were called at 10:30am on 30 October; the suspect fled and remains at large, with no arrests made.

The 58-year-old was treated at the scene by paramedics before being taken to a local hospital.

The Met says detectives are actively working to track down the attacker who ran from the pharmacy.

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