The victim of a stabbing in Ilford’s busy town centre was an 18-year-old man.

The incident happened at 3.45pm today near Barclays bank in High Road, Ilford.

The man, who the ambulance service say is 18, was taken by ambulance to hospital “as a priority”.

Police are currently at the scene and an area of the road is cordoned off.

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