Covent Garden, Westminster, United Kingdom · London, London, City Of, United Kingdom · France
Fadingcorroborated34 outlets reported this themselves in 56 reports over 2 days - more reporting than echo.
After publishing: 1 headline quietly rewritten, 1 URL changed2 changes
- aawsat.comseen 27 Aug, 12:59URL changed
now resolves toenglish.aawsat.com/world/5303755-woman-arrested-after-four-men-stabbed-central-london
- arabnews.comseen 5 Sept, 02:32headline rewritten
Woman arrested as four people stabbed in central London: UK media
The headline, as it mutated - 4 wordings
- 5 Aug, 15:30Woman arrested after four stabbed in London's popular Covent Garden1 outlet
- 5 Aug, 16:12Woman arrested after four men stabbed in
London's popularCovent Garden 26 outlets - 5 Aug, 19:22‘Random scissor attack’ in Covent Garden believed to be mental health incident19 outlets
- 6 Aug, 03:30Police continue to investigate Covent Garden attack after woman arrested7 outlets
original reportingcopies
Wed, 5 August 2026peak 49 reports on Wed, 5 August 2026Thu, 6 August 2026
After the peak, new reports halved every 4 hours.
What it is about
Covent Garden, Westminster, United KingdomLondon, London, City Of, United KingdomFranceJason StewartJames ManningMatt BishopArjan GjorgaShaftesbury, Dorset, United Kingdom
Who published it, and when
original reportcopyedited after publishingfirst to report
arabnews.com
reflector.com
bignewsnetwork.com
eastlothiancourier.com
whtimes.co.uk
edp24.co.uk
runcornandwidnesworld.co.uk
stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk
tivysideadvertiser.co.uk
peeblesshirenews.com
northwichguardian.co.uk
wiltsglosstandard.co.uk
rhyljournal.co.uk
salisburyjournal.co.uk
thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
wimbledonguardian.co.uk
kilburntimes.co.uk
leaderlive.co.uk
5 Aug, 14:45over 20 hours6 Aug, 10:22
+ 25 more outlets
How it spread - 38 original reports, 18 reprints
Wed, 5 August 2026
32 reports- arabnews.com14:45first to reportedited after publishing
previously
Woman arrested as four people stabbed in central London: UK mediaArab News - Saudi Arabia based leading English newspaper in the Middle East. Keep up with the latest breaking news, regional news, politics, and business news.
- reflector.com15:30
- bignewsnetwork.com15:30
- kilburntimes.co.uk16:12
- borehamwoodtimes.co.uk16:12
4 reprints
- leaderlive.co.uk5 Aug, 16:12their copy
- countytimes.co.uk5 Aug, 16:12their copy
- eveningnews24.co.uk5 Aug, 16:12their copy
- hexham-courant.co.uk5 Aug, 16:12their copy
- eastlothiancourier.com16:12
- barryanddistrictnews.co.uk16:12
1 reprint
- thenorthernecho.co.uk5 Aug, 19:22their copy
- thetottenhamindependent.co.uk16:12
1 reprint
- whtimes.co.uk5 Aug, 16:12their copy
- edp24.co.uk16:12
2 reprints
- salisburyjournal.co.uk5 Aug, 16:12their copy
- surreycomet.co.uk5 Aug, 16:12their copy
- eveshamjournal.co.uk16:12
- northwaleschronicle.co.uk16:12
1 reprint
- runcornandwidnesworld.co.uk5 Aug, 16:12their copy
- stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk16:12
2 reprints
- rhyljournal.co.uk5 Aug, 16:12their copy
- wimbledonguardian.co.uk5 Aug, 16:12their copy
- peeblesshirenews.com16:12
1 reprint
- wiltsglosstandard.co.uk5 Aug, 16:12their copy
- timesandstar.co.uk16:12
- thetelegraphandargus.co.uk16:12
2 reprints
- oxfordmail.co.uk5 Aug, 16:12their copy
- whtimes.co.uk6 Aug, 10:22their copy
- aawsat.com16:15
URL changednow english.aawsat.com/world/5303755-woman-arrested-after-four-men-stabbed-central-london
- hampshirechronicle.co.uk19:22
1 reprint
- tivysideadvertiser.co.uk5 Aug, 16:12their copy
- wiltsglosstandard.co.uk19:22
2 reprints
- northwichguardian.co.uk5 Aug, 16:12their copy
- stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk5 Aug, 19:22their copy
- theargus.co.uk19:22
- sloughobserver.co.uk19:22
- northwichguardian.co.uk19:22
1 reprint
- tivysideadvertiser.co.uk5 Aug, 19:22their copy
- wimbledonguardian.co.uk19:22
- salisburyjournal.co.uk19:22
- rhyljournal.co.uk19:22
- edp24.co.uk19:22
- halesowennews.co.uk19:22
- peeblesshirenews.com19:22
- wiltshiretimes.co.uk19:22
- thetelegraphandargus.co.uk19:22
- messengernewspapers.co.uk19:22
- harrowtimes.co.uk19:22
- london-now.co.uk19:22
Thu, 6 August 2026
6 reports- dorsetecho.co.uk03:30
- thisiswiltshire.co.uk03:30
- dailyecho.co.uk10:22
- runcornandwidnesworld.co.uk10:22
- braintreeandwithamtimes.co.uk10:22
- eastlothiancourier.com10:22