A teenager was knifed on a busy street in London during the morning rush hour.
The boy, thought to be in his mid-teens, was said to be in his school uniform and on a bus when a gang attacked him with metal poles and a knife on Lewisham High Street shortly after 8.30am.
A greengrocer said: “They got on the bus and beat him up with poles. They pulled a knife out and chased him to the front of the shopping centre and stabbed him. He was lucky to survive and looked so young.”
The boy was rushed to hospital where his condition was said to be serious but not life-threatening.
The road was cordoned off to traffic after the incident, which is thought to have taken place near a Poundland. There have been no arrests.
It followed a series of other incidents of violence over the weekend.
A man was due to appear in court today accused of the murder of his wife.
Paramedics found Asma Begum, 31, on Friday in her 14th-floor flat with neck injuries.
Ms Begum, believed to be a mother of two, was pronounced dead at the scene in the new City Island Way development in Poplar.
Police charged her husband Jalal Uddin, 46, of City Island Way, with murder on Sunday. He was due at Thames magistrates’ court today.
Five people were arrested last night on suspicion of GBH and affray after a reported stabbing in Streatham High Road.
Police were called at 9.38pm to reports of a group of males and females fighting.
They found one person with face injuries and were told another had been stabbed.
Anyone with information is urged to call police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
