A man has been taken to hospital after being stabbed in Dagenham. 

Officers from the Metropolitan Police were called to Whalebone Lane South at around 7.10pm on September 22 with reports of a man with a knife. 

A second call was received alerting officers to reports of a man stabbed in Freshwater Road. 

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Paramedics from the London Ambulance Service were dispatched to the scene, where an 18-year-old man was found with injuries. 

He was taken to hospital where his condition is not believed to be life-threatening. 

There have been no arrests at this time and enquiries are underway.