A 23-year-old man is in hospital after being stabbed in the neck in a busy high street in south London this evening.
Police said one person was arrested after the attack next to Peckham Rye station just after 7pm. A spokesman said the victim's injuries are not thought to be life-threatening, and the London Ambulance Service said he was taken to a major trauma centre.
Witnesses said roads were closed and there was a heavy police presence after the incident, which happened when the area was “packed with people and traffic”.
One tweeted to say that there was a “crazy amount of police cars screaming around Peckham” at around 7.30pm, while another said the area was “total chaos”.
A witness added: “There were loads of police, ambulances and cordons. People are saying it was a fight and stabbing, right in the middle of Rye Lane.”
Journalist Kate O’Sullivan tweeted: “Road near Peckham Rye station closed due to 'serious' incident according to Police. Lots of parked buses and looks like arrests.”
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Road near Peckham Rye station closed due to 'serious' incident according to Police. Lots of parked buses and looks like arrests. — Kate O'Sullivan (@KateEOSullivan) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/KateEOSullivan/status/656546617575800832" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3095376-https://twitter.com/KateEOSullivan/status/656546617575800832" data-vars-event-id="c23">October 20, 2015</a>
Another witness, Marissa Pearson, tweeted: "So me and @tracyac_ are in Peckham getting our nails done and someone gets stabbed outside."
A spokesman for the Met said: “Police were called at approximately 7.10pm on Tuesday, 20 October to reports of a man injured in Rye Lane, SE15.
“Officers attended and the victim - believed aged 23 - was taken to a south London hospital for treatment to a stab injury to the neck.”
He added: “At this early stage it is believed the victim was assaulted in nearby Blenheim Grove before making his way to Rye Lane.
“One man - no further details - has been arrested in connection with the investigation.
“Officers from Southwark are on scene and enquiries into the circumstances continue."
A London Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: “We were called at 7.05pm to reports of a stabbing at Peckham Rye station, SE15.
“We sent an ambulance crew, a single responder in a car, an incident response officer and London’s air ambulance trauma team by car.
“We treated a man, reported to be in his 20s for stab injuries, and took him to a major trauma centre as a priority – escorted by the doctor from the Air Ambulance.”
