The incident happened on a towpath leading from Rotherhithe New Road to South Bermondsey Station in Southwark at around 5.10pm on Wednesday, 6 December.

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A man in his 40s was approached by two men riding on the same bicycle. The suspects pulled the victim to the ground and slashed his face twice with a knife in an attempt to steal his phone.

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