Horror in London park as boy stabbed 'in axe and machete attack' by hooded thugs with attackers still at large
27 March 2025, 11:36 | Updated: 27 March 2025, 11:56
A boy was rushed to hospital on Wednesday after being stabbed in a park in east London.
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The boy, who has not been named, was attacked in Pennyfields Park in Poplar - just half a mile from Canary Wharf, one of London's prime financial districts.
He is expected to recover from the attack after being treated in hospital.
Footage of the incident shows a group of hooded attackers throwing the victim to the ground, kicking and punching him.
One of them appears to attack him with a large knife or machete as he tries to protect himself with a raised hand.
No arrests have been made, meaning the attacker is still at large. Officers are making "urgent enquiries" and have appealed for help catching them.
A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said: “On Wednesday (March 26) at 5.45pm, police were called to Pennyfields Park, Poplar following reports of a stabbing.
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“Police attended the scene alongside the London Ambulance Service who treated a boy for stab wounds.
“He was taken to a near-by hospital, where his injuries were later confirmed to be non-life changing/threatening.
A spokesperson for London Ambulance Service said: “We were called at 5.46pm yesterday (26 March) to reports of a stabbing in Pennyfields Park, Poplar.
“We sent an ambulance crew, a paramedic in a fast response car and an incident response officer to the scene. We also dispatched a trauma team in a car from London’s Air Ambulance.
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“The first paramedic arrived in less than five minutes.
“We treated one patient and took him to a major trauma centre as a priority.”
Anyone with information should call 101 and quote CAD6073/26March.
