A teen was found stabbed in the leg by emergency services scrambled to the incident in Bethnal Green.
Met Police received reports of a stabbing in Digby Street on November 17 just before 5.40pm.
A spokesperson for the force said: "Police were called by London Ambulance Service at 17:38hrs on Friday, 17 November to reports of a stabbing in Digby Street E2.
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"Officers responded. A 17-year-old male was found with a stab injury to his leg and taken to hospital; his injury is not believed to be life-threatening."
Enquiries are ongoing.
A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We were called at 5.38pm on Friday 17 November to reports of an incident on Digby Street, E2.
“We sent numerous resources to the scene, including an ambulance crew, a medic in a fast response car, an incident response officer and members of our tactical response unit.
“Our first medic arrived in around five minutes.
“We treated a patient at the scene before taking them to a major trauma centre.”
No arrests have been made in connection to the stabbing.
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