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Barney Davis

Pensioner and boy, 17, injured in double stabbing in south London

A man in his 70s and a teenage boy were injured and arrested after a double stabbing in a south London street.

A 17-year-old boy was found with a single stab injury in Brigstock Road, Thornton Heath on Monday morning.

Another man, aged in his mid-70s, also suffered a slash injury in the street fight.

Both were taken to hospital before being arrested on suspicion of GBH, affray and possession of an offensive weapon.

A Met Police spokesperson said: “Police were called at 08:45hrs on Monday, 24 July to reports of two males in possession of a knife on Brigstock Road in Thornton Heath.

“Officers attended and found a 17-year-old male with a stab injury. He was taken to a South London hospital by the London Ambulance Service; his condition is not life-threatening.

“A man, aged in his mid-70s, was also taken to hospital with slash injuries that are not life-threatening.

“Enquiries continue.”

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