A teenager has been arrested in connection with a stabbing near a school in Forest Gate.
The 14-year-old boy has been bailed after being held by police following an incident in Woodgrange Road.
Officers from the Metropolitan Police were dispatched to the road on January 30 at around 5.25pm following reports of a man suffering stab wounds.
The victim, a man believed to be in his 40s, was found by officers in a nearby shop before he was taken to hospital.
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The arrested teen has been bailed pending further enquiries, police said.
Anyone with information is asked to call police on 101, quoting reference CAD 7229/30Jan.
The stabbing occurred not far from Forest Gate Community School.
The Recorder contacted the school for comment previously but they advised they would not be commenting during the "active ongoing investigation".
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