A teenager is in a stable condition after being stabbed near a supermarket car park.
Police were called by the London Ambulance Service at 7:43pm on Thursday (August 29) following reports of a stabbing in St Awdry’s Road, Barking.
A man, aged in his late teens, was taken to hospital.
His condition has been assessed as not life-threatening or life-changing, Scotland Yard said.
Footage shared to social media showed a police crime tape cordoning off the car park to the Lidl supermarket, with a police car stopped in the road.
No arrests have been made.
Enquiries continue.
Anyone with information should call police on 101 or message @MetCC on X quoting CAD 6809/29AUG.
Alternatively contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or visit crimestoppers-uk.org
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