Three teenagers have been arrested after a man was stabbed outside a town hall in Ilford.
Police were called to Ilford High Road at around 4.20pm on Monday (January 26), reports sister site London Now.
A 19-year-old man with a stab wound was treated by paramedics and taken to hospital.
His condition is not life-threatening or life-changing.
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Three teenagers - two aged 15, and one aged 16 - were arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm with intent and remain in custody.
A witness reported seeing blood stains on the High Road outside Redbridge Town Hall, where a police cordon was set up.
Forensic officers were seen analysing the scene and placing yellow markers next to evidence.
The witness said they saw "forensics everywhere and numbers placed down all over Ilford where blood splatters were found".
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A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We were called at 4.19pm yesterday (26 January) to reports of a stabbing in the High Road, Ilford.
“We sent an ambulance crew, a paramedic in a fast response car, an advanced paramedic and an incident response officer to the scene.
“We also dispatched a trauma team in a car from London’s Air Ambulance.
“The first paramedic arrived in around six minutes.
“We treated a patient at the scene and took him to a major trauma centre.”
A Met Police spokesperson said: “An investigation is underway and anyone with information that may assist police is asked to call 101 quoting CAD 5123/26JAN26.”
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