BREAKING NEWS: Four arrested in stabbing

26 July 2010

FOUR youths are being questioned by police after a teenager was stabbed in Stratford in broad daylight yesterday evening.

Police found the wounded 19-year-old lying in Moorey Close at 5.15pm but he is thought to have been set upon in nearby Stephens Road, before staggering away and collapsing.

At hospital he was treated for a knife wound to his lower back and discharged.

Four youths, all in their late teens or early 20s, are currently in custody at east London police stations.

Police are appealing for information. Contact Plaistow CID on (020) 7275 5853 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.