POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a teenager was stabbed in Brockley.

They were called at about 6pm on May 11, to reports of a disturbance involving around 20 youths in Dundalk Road.

Officers and paramedics attended the scene and found a 16-year-old boy suffering from a stab wound to the chest.

He was taken to a south London hospital where he remains in a stable condition.

Several youths were seen running away from the scene when police arrived.

Three 17-year-old boys were arrested in connection with the incident and have been bailed until a date in June, pending further enquiries.

If you have information call Lewisham CID on 020 8284 8372, or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.