Dagenham stabbing: Schoolgirls rushed to hospital after double stabbing

Two 14-year-old schoolgirls were rushed to hospital after a double stabbing on a quiet road in east London.

Police and paramedics raced to the scene of the incident in Dagenham on Monday evening after receiving reports of two females with stab injuries.

The girls – both believed to aged around 14 – were taken to hospital.

One had been knifed in the hand and the other in the foot, Scotland Yard said.

Both were treated in hospital and have since been discharged.

A Met Police spokeswoman said: “Police are investigating to establish the circumstances.

“There has been no arrests.”