Police officers and the London Air Ambulance outside the Running Horses pub in Erith High Street
BEXLEY police are appealing for witnesses to an “unprovoked random attack” on a 16-year-old boy in Erith.
The Asian teenager was stabbed in the chest outside Kwik Fit in West Street at 4.15pm on Monday. (April 15)
He was treated at the scene and taken by land ambulance to a south London hospital, where he remains in a stable condition this evening.
Bexley police say the incident was not gang related.
Anyone with information should call Detective Constable Richard Rowlerson at Bexley CID on 020 8284 9116 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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