A teenager who was fighting for life after being stabbed in south London is now in a stable condition.
Police were called to reports of a group of boys with a knife in Tulse Hill at 2.21pm yesterday.
Emergency services, including an air ambulance, rushed to the scene to find a teen suffering a stab injury.
He was rushed to hospital by air ambulance in a life-threatening condition, which police have since confirmed has improved.
A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said:
“We were called at 2.21pm to reports of a stabbing off Tulse Hill.”
“We dispatched a number of resources including two ambulance crews, a medic in a fast car, an advanced paramedic and an incident response officer with the first of our medics arriving within two minutes.
"We also dispatched London’s Air Ambulance.”
“We treated a teenager at the scene and took them to a major trauma centre.”
Detectives continue to investigate and appeal for anyone with information to contact police.
They are yet to make any arrests.
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