Schoolboy, 15, fights for his life after 'two men' stabbed him 'with an eight-inch carving knife on his way home from classes'
- The 15-year-old victim is currently in a critical condition in a Lewisham hospital
- Incident occurred at around 4.10pm on Monday on Darmouth Road in Lewisham
- Police launched manhunt for the attacker but no arrests have been made so far
A schoolboy has been critically injured after being stabbed with an 'eight-inch carving knife' on the streets of south-east London yesterday evening.
The victim, who has not been named, is thought to be in a critical condition in a south London hospital.
Police have launched a manhunt for the attackers - said to be two much older men - who stabbed the 15-year-old at around 4.10pm on Monday, on Dartmouth Road, Lewisham.
One eyewitness who spoke to Mirror Online said the boy was attacked in his school uniform while with his friends.
Police pictured at the scene today. The force has launched a manhunt for the attacker, who stabbed the 15-year-old at around 4.10pm today, on Dartmouth Road, Lewisham
She said: 'There were a group of school kids, boys and girls, sitting on a brick wall outside the job centre.
'Two much older men stabbed the kid in his side.
'They left the knife in him and ran down the high street towards Forest Hill station.
'The boy pulled the knife out of his side and threw it across the street. He tried to run but only made it 50 yards before he collapsed on the street.
'The knife was a huge carving knife around eight inches long.'
No arrests have been made.
A spokesman for the Met Police said: 'Police were called at approximately 16:10hrs on Monday, 25 March to reports of a stabbing in Dartmouth Road, SE23.
'Officers and London Ambulance Service attended and found a male - believed aged 15 - suffering injuries.
'He was taken to a south London hospital where he remains in a critical condition. Next of kin have been informed. A crime scene remains in place.'
Saturday and Sunday saw six people stabbed in another weekend of bloodshed for London.
Shopkeeper Ravi Katharkamar, 54, was stabbed in the chest as he opened Marsh Food and Wine in Pinner, north-west London, on Sunday morning.
It comes after a weekend of bloodshed in the capital with six more people stabbed overnight from Saturday to Sunday
The victim, named by police as Ravi Katharkamar, 54, was killed at his shop in Pinner, north west London
Metropolitan Police Detective Chief Inspector Simon Stancombe, of the homicide and major crime command, said: 'This was a vicious and unwarranted attack on a completely innocent man.
'Ravi's attacker got away with a few pounds worth of coins, but he leaves behind a family utterly devastated and a close-knit community asking who could do such a thing.'
Mr Katharkamar, who was described by local residents as 'friendly and polite', was found collapsed inside the shop. His attacker fled with a shop till which police are still trying to find.
London Ambulance Service also attended but Mr Katharkamar died at 6.46am.
In Wells, Somerset, a man 'in his 30s' died after a 'disturbance at a house'. Eight people were arrested.
Earlier this month, Nathaniel Armstrong, the cousin of Good Morning Britain weatherman Alex Beresford, was knifed to death in Fulham, west London.
He was murdered outside a property on the same street that Crimewatch presenter Jill Dando was shot dead outside her home 20 years ago.
The murder of Jodie Chesney, 17, in east London at the beginning of March also shocked the nation, after she was knifed in the back while at a park with friends.
So far four people, Manuel Petrovic, 20, Svenson Ong-a-kwie, 18, and a 16 and 17-year-old boy have been charged with her murder.
They have been remanded in custody ahead of trials later this year.
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