A 12-YEAR-OLD boy has been arrested after a man was stabbed in East London today.
Police were called at 3.54pm to reports of an assault on Marlands Road, Ilford.
Officers attended the scene and found a 20-year-old man suffering from stab wounds.
He remains in hospital in a serious but stable condition.
A 12-year-old boy was arrested nearby in connection with the assault and remains in custody at an East London police station.
A knife was recovered at the scene, police confirmed.
It comes amid a spate of stabbings in the capital, with a Sun probe last month revealing that murders in London have hit a three-year high.
Earlier this month, three knife attacks occurred within eight hours in North West London.
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