Horror as schoolboy is stabbed in broad daylight at park while walking with man – with ‘attacker’, 25, arrested
A SCHOOLBOY has been stabbed in broad daylight at a park while walking with a man – with the alleged attacker arrested.
Cops found the boy and man with stab wounds after scrambling to reports of an assault in Bermondsey Spa Gardens in south London.
A 25-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of affray following the horror just after 3pm yesterday.
Ambulance crews raced the two victims to a trauma centre and a hospital for treatment.
Their stab wounds are not life-threatening, Scotland Yard said in an update today.
The arrested man remains in custody while cops probe the alleged stabbings.
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The London Ambulance Service said: “We were called at 3.03pm yesterday to reports of a stabbing incident in Spa Road, SE1.
“We sent resources to the scene, including ambulance crews and members of our Tactical Response Unit.
“The first of our crews arrived in two minutes. Our crews treated two males at the scene.
“They took one to a London major trauma centre as a priority and the other to hospital.”
Scotland Yard said: “Police were called at 3.07pm on Monday to reports of an assault in Bermondsey Spa Gardens.
“Officers attended alongside London Ambulance Service and located one boy and one man with stab wounds.
“Their injuries are not believed to be life-changing. A crime scene was in place for a short while and has since been lifted.
“A 25-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of affray and remains in custody.”