A Westside street warden was on hand to tend to two men who had been stabbed during a disorder in Centenary Square.
Four people were arrested after two men were stabbed during the incident at around 6pm on Friday which saw part of the city centre locked down.
Westside street warden Kassim Sangheer saw the men bleeding and immediately helped them. Mike Olley, general manager of Westside BID, said: “Our warden Kassim was on patrol on his bike around Centenary Square.
“A member of the public alerted him to a stab victim, nearby. He dashed over on his bike and found the victim on his stomach with a stab wound to his back.”
He immediately took charge of the situation applying critical emergency medical care along with pastoral provision to the injured party and those around him.”
Mr Olley added: “He also alerted the emergency services. During the five minutes or so it took for a paramedic to arrive, Warden Kassim, applied critical emergency medical care, using his high visibility tabard, stemming copious bleeding from the knife wound, by applying pressure and dispensing first aid.
“Upon the arrival of paramedics he was alerted to a second stab victim. Given the first injured party was in safe hands he immediately went to the assistance of the second victim.”
A West Midlands Police spokesman said: “Two people have been taken to hospital with stab injuries after disorder in the Centenary Square area of Birmingham.”
Officers are at the scene and four people have been arrested. The area has been cordoned off for forensic enquiries.”
The spokesman added: “Anyone with information can contact us via Live Chat on our website or call 101, quoting log 3992 of 19 May.”
Mr Olley added: “Our highly trained, committed and able wardens patrol the Westside area for hundreds of hours weekly.”
They are trained to offer a wide range of services from reporting pot holes, offering directions, preventing disorder and dealing with serious incidents. Their role adds to making Westside a really safe and pleasant environment. This is the case even in the most dire of situations.”
Commentating on the scourge of knife crime blighting the UK’s streets, Mr Olley added: “I would say this is a horrid business and sadly most knife attacks could be prevented with a job.
“Something we seem to overlook, in the scramble to be more cost effective, increase savings, develop an improved sustainable economical strategy and reduce taxation, is giving people dignity with decent work.”
