--- title: "Woman charged after four men stabbed in central London" description: "Most outlets reported the arrest of a 47-year-old woman following the stabbing of four men in central London. Arab News Pakistan led with the charge and described the weapon as “believed to be a pair of scissors,” while Dawn noted the incident occurred in Covent Garden and described it as a “suspected mental health related incident.” Both headlines and excerpts focused on the arrest and victim count, with Dawn briefly contextualizing the location and possible cause." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/1984-woman-arrested-after-four-men-stabbed-in-london site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Woman charged after four men stabbed in central London pakistan · latest filing 6 Aug 2026, 6:27 PM PKT · 5–6 Aug 2026 · 4 articles from 3 outlets over 2 developments ## How it developed Newest development first. Each carries its own coverage and, where we have one, our summary of it. ### 6 Aug 2026 — Woman charged after four men stabbed in central London (3 outlets) > Most outlets reported the arrest of a 47-year-old woman following the stabbing of four men in central London. Arab News Pakistan led with the charge and described the weapon as “believed to be a pair of scissors,” while Dawn noted the incident occurred in Covent Garden and described it as a “suspected mental health related incident.” Both headlines and excerpts focused on the arrest and victim count, with Dawn briefly contextualizing the location and possible cause. - **24 News HD** — [Woman charged after four stabbed in central London](https://www.24newshd.tv/06-Aug-2026/woman-charged-four-stabbed-central-london) · 6 Aug 2026, 6:27 PM PKT > A 47-year-old woman was charged on Thursday after four men were stabbed in central London with what is believed to be a pair of scissors. - **Dawn** — [Woman arrested after four men stabbed in London](https://www.dawn.com/news/2020938/woman-arrested-after-four-men-stabbed-in-london) · 6 Aug 2026, 8:16 AM PKT · 76% identical wording to the newest filing > LONDON: A woman was arrested after four men were stabbed on Wednesday in Covent Garden, a busy central London area popular with tourists, in a suspected “mental health related incident”, police said. The 47-year-old woman was detained on suspicion of possessing an offensive weapon and assault following the stabbings shortly before 12:30pm local time (1130 GMT), according to London’s Metropolita... - **Arab News Pakistan** — [Woman charged after four stabbed in central London](https://www.arabnews.pk/node/2653629/world) · 6 Aug 2026, 5:08 AM PKT · 94% identical wording to the newest filing > LONDON: A 47-year-old woman was charged on Thursday after four men were stabbed in central London with what is believed to be a pair of scissors. Stella Gollovena was charged with four counts of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and one count of possession of an offensive weapon in a public place. Police said the Wednesday midday stabbing was thought to be an “isolated mental h... ### 5 Aug 2026 — Woman arrested as four people stabbed in central London: UK media (1 outlet) - **Arab News Pakistan** — [Woman arrested as four people stabbed in central London: UK media](https://www.arabnews.pk/node/2653513/world) · 5 Aug 2026, 7:08 AM PKT > LONDON: Four men were stabbed in a ​street near London’s Covent Garden district on Wednesday and a woman was arrested in what police said they believed to be a “mental health ‌related incident.” The ‌woman, who ​was ‌in ⁠her ​40s, was ⁠arrested on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon and assault, and remains in custody. “Officers seized a pair of ⁠scissors at the scene,” ‌the police ‌... 4 articles from 3 outlets, 5–6 Aug 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.