A TEENAGE boy has been stabbed in front of horrified onlookers at a park in London.
Emergency services rushed to Brockwell Park, Brixton, shortly before 2pm this afternoon, and a 16-year-old boy was found with a stab wound to the leg.
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An air ambulance was rushed to Brockwell Park after a teenage boy was stabbedCredit: Twitter / @ktwedz
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The victim, a 16-year-old boy, was taken to a hospital in south LondonCredit: Twitter / @ktwedz
The teenager was taken to a hospital in south London after being treated at the scene.
His injuries are not life-threatening, police say.
A crime scene remains in place at the park after the boy was knifed in broad daylight.
A witness on Twitter said ambulance crews told her the victim was going to be “OK, but traumatised”.
She said: “Just saw a 16-year-old get stabbed in Brockwell Park.
“Called the ambulance and had to talk to him whilst he was losing consciousness.
“The police, ambulance and air ambulance came.”
Another bystander tweeted to say the stabbing happened “in front of hundreds of people”.
Labour MP Helen Hayes has urged anyone with information to contact police.
The representative for Dulwich and West Norwood said on Twitter: “Very concerned to hear that a young man was stabbed in Brockwell Park this afternoon.
“If you know anything about this & can help stop another stabbing from happening with potentially tragic consequences please call 101 or you can call @CrimestoppersUK anonymously.”
The Brockwell Lido Cafe closed its doors early due to the incident.
A tweet from the cafe added: “All the team are safe”
Local councillor Jim Dickson has said he will be asking Lambeth Council to “liaise fully” with police to see whether there are “any follow-up actions we can take to keep everyone safe”.
The Labour and Co-op council member for Herne Hill added: “This is very shocking; our thoughts are with the boy & his family and we hope for his speedy recovery.”
Cops, ambulance crews and an air ambulance were scrambled to park.
A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We were called at 1:48pm today (14 February) to reports of a stabbing in Brockwell Park, Brixton.
“We sent two ambulance crews, a medic in a car, an incident response officer, and we also dispatched London’s Air Ambulance.
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“A person was treated at the scene and taken to a major trauma centre as a priority.”
Police say enquiries are ongoing and there have no been any arrests yet.
Anyone with information is asked to call police on 101 or tweet @MetCC, quoting reference 3152/14Feb. Or to remain anonymous contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 11.
