Dagenham stabbing: Man rushed to hospital after being knifed in neck in broad daylight

A young man has been rushed to hospital after being stabbed in the neck in broad daylight in east London.

The man, in his 20s, was knifed in Dagenham at around 4pm on Saturday, police said.

Emergency services raced to the scene on Oxlow Lane at 4.20pm to reports of a stabbing.

Witnesses took to social media to describe a sea of blue lights and the road cordoned off.

Several people posted that they had seen a helicopter landing in a nearby park.

Joseph Jenkins posted on Facebook: “Oxlow Lane shut off, helicopter landed over Ponfield park what’s happened?”

A picture of the scene showed police and ambulance vehicles and the road cordoned off with police tape.

Police said the man was rushed to an east London hospital but his injuries are not believed to be life threatening.

There have been no arrests.