Man in his 20s is stabbed ‘in a street fight’ outside a McDonald’s in southeast London as capital’s knife crime surge continues

  • A man in his 20s was stabbed about 5.15am outside McDonald’s on Old Kent Rd
  • He was rushed to hospital where his condition was not thought to be serious
  • Witnesses said a street fight led to the stabbing on the major road
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A young man has been stabbed in a street fight outside a McDonald’s in southeast London.

Paramedics were called to the fight on Old Kent Road near Olmar Street about 5.15am on Sunday where the man in his 20s was stabbed.

He was rushed to hospital where his condition was not thought to be serious, police said.

The stabbing follows more than 60 people being killed across London this year in an escalating wave of violence.

London knife crime rose 20 per cent in 2017 on the previous year with 44 per cent more deaths across the city, police stats showed last week.

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A young man has been stabbed in a street fight outside a McDonald’s in southeast London

Paramedics were called to the fight on Old Kent Road near Olmar Street about 5.15am on Sunday where the man in his 20s was stabbed

 

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