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Barney Davis

Boy, 12, stabbed in east London on hottest night ever recorded in UK

A 12-year-old boy was stabbed repeatedly by a machete-wielding gang on the hottest night ever recorded in the UK.

The victim was rushed to hospital after police were called to St Leonards Road, Poplar to reports of a stabbing shortly before 9.40pm on Monday.

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