Teenager, 17, is charged after ‘blade assault’ on Sikh temple

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

Kent Police was called to the Sri Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara at 8.10pm on Thursday 11 July 2024 after a reported disturbance.

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

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

Police recovered a bladed weapon and secured the area.

The 17-year-old boy has 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 teenager has been remanded in custody and will appear before Maidstone Crown Court later today.

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