Boy, 15, fights for life after stabbing in posh Chelsea Harbour an hour after another knife attack outside hospital
A 15-YEAR-OLD boy is fighting for his life after being repeatedly stabbed in posh Chelsea harbour. The shocking attack happened just one hour after another man was knifed outside a Shoreditch hospital. Cops were called at 6.50pm to in Harbour Avenue, Chelsea, London to reports of a stabbing. Officers, London Ambulance Service and London’s Air […]
A 15-YEAR-OLD boy is fighting for his life after being repeatedly stabbed in posh Chelsea harbour.
The shocking attack happened just one hour after another man was knifed outside a Shoreditch hospital.
Police forensics officers examine the scene of the stabbing tonight[/caption] Met Police say at 6:50pm they were called to Harbour Avenue[/caption]Cops were called at 6.50pm to in Harbour Avenue, Chelsea, London to reports of a stabbing.
Officers, London Ambulance Service and London’s Air Ambulance attended the scene and found a male, believed to be 15-year-old.
He was taken to hospital in a life-threatening condition.
Police said two youths were arrested after the attack and a crime scene remains in place.
A witness to the attack said she found the boy “in a pool of his own blood” with “stab wounds all over his body.”
She claims his attacked “returned and tried to finish him off” but the police arrived.
Tonight forensics officers were examining the scene in the swish Thames-side development, where flats sell for upwards of £2million.
The 15-year-old boy was stabbed in posh Harbour Avenue, Chelsea, London[/caption] London’s Air Ambulance attended the scene[/caption]Police are enforcing a section 60 notice for five postcodes – SW10, SW6, SW5 and SW3 – until 7am tomorrow.
The attack came just one hour after Old Street was sealed off by police after a man was stabbed outside Moorfields Eye Hospital.
Cops were called to Old Street Roundabout at 5:40pm to reports of a separate stabbing.
On the other side of the city another man was stabbed in a separate attack in Shoreditch[/caption] Old Street Roundabout was shut off causing traffic chaos[/caption]The hospital was forced to ask people not to attend their A&E before reopening later in the evening.
One witness wrote on Twitter: “Massive stabbing outside Moorfields eye hospital.
“Old bill have closed all the roads. Traffic is now seriously f**ked up.”
Anyone with information that could assist police at this early stage is asked to call 101 or tweet @MetCC and quote CAD 6025/5May.
You can also contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.