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](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/07/13/10/87283357-13630679-image-a-9_1720864167788.jpg)
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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