Three teenage boys have been rushed to hospital following a triple stabbing in Romford on Monday evening.
Police and paramedics were called to South Street at 5.38pm to reports of a stabbing.
Officers found three boys, aged 15, 16 and 17, with stab wounds. They were taken to hospital, with police awaiting an update on their condition.
No arrests have been made.
Enquiries are ongoing and a crime scene is in place at the junction of South Street and Western Road, police said.
A Section 60 order, which allows police additional stop and search powers, is in place in the area until 3am on Tuesday.