A GANG of sick yobs screamed we 'f***ed him up' after a police officer was seriously injured in a stabbing on a London street.
The officer, in his 20s, managed to chase down and arrest the suspect despite 'bleeding profusely' from a serious stab wound to his armpit.
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Mohim Hussain, 40, who lives just yards from the scene of the attack on Ashmore Road in Maida Vale, West London, has since been charged with grievous bodily harm with intent and knife possession.
Neighbours told The Sun Online they called police at around 9pm on Tuesday night as a gang of 10-15 males gathered on the corner of Pennymore Walk.
After officers arrived locals said they heard screams before the gang ran towards Harrow Road shouting 'we f***ed him up'.
Scotland Yard confirmed the officer had been carrying out a stop and search when he was attacked and left with serious injuries. He has since been discharged from hospital.
Shahab Aktar, 31, who lives near the scene said a trail of blood was left along the pavement where the brave officer had chased the suspect with two colleagues.
He said: "I heard the shouting and a lot of people running off, when I looked out of the window I saw them arresting the guy.
"The officer was holding himself up against a car and the car and the pavement was all covered in blood, there was a lot of blood."
One neighbour, who called the police but asked not to be named, said: "There's been a lot of trouble down that road recently, we had a lockdown rave there a couple of weeks ago and there's been other stabbings so we called police when we saw people gathered.
"We heard them shouting 'we f***ed him up' and from the blood we knew there'd been a stabbing but we had no idea it was one of the officers. It's really shocking."
Paul Graham, 42, who recently moved to the street - where homes can sell for as much as £900,000 - said: "There's quite a lot of drug dealing and trouble on that corner.
"We heard what sounded like a fight and a lot of noise but we saw the police were there so left them to it, when we found out what had happened it's just awful. We wish him all the best."
"(The suspect) lives just a few doors down and police were all outside his house and there was people running in and out of there before more officers came."
Ken Marsh, chairman of the Metropolitan Police Federation, said: "It was a routine stop-and-search operation, and the suspect stabbed the officer under his armpit, then ran off.
"Despite bleeding profusely, the officer gave chase with two colleagues and actually helped detain the suspect.
"He (the injured officer) is OK now, thankfully. He's obviously walking wounded but he'll be fine."
The cop's trade union tweeted on Wednesday night: "Sad to report a serious injury to a colleague last night. Stabbed in west London.
"We wish him well and he is being fully supported. Thankfully injuries are not as bad as they could have been.
"Yet again shows the dangers Metropolitan Police officers face each and every day."
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