Bethnal Green stabbing puts teen in major trauma centre

The teen was found with a stab injury to his leg in Digby Street <i>(Image: Google Maps, aitoff (pixabay))</i>
The teen was found with a stab injury to his leg in Digby Street (Image: Google Maps, aitoff (pixabay))
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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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