Woodford stabbing: Teen knifed outside Tube station amid week of violence in London

A teenager was rushed to hospital after being knifed in an apparent postcode stabbing following a week of violent attacks in London.

Two teenage boys are believed to have been approached by a group outside Woodford station, north east of the capital, just before 5.30pm on Thursday.

The group, who are also thought to be teenagers, then asked the two where they were from before launching a knife attack on one of them, police said.

The suspects fled towards St Barnabas Road before emergency services were called.

The 18-year-old victim was rushed to hospital. The exact details of his injuries are not yet known but police said he is in a critical condition.

The incident came after a week of violent crime across north and east London.

A 14-year-old was left with “life-changing injuries” after a shooting outside Seven Sisters on Tuesday.

The teen managed to stagger into the station to seek help after being attacked in a nearby estate at about 11pm.

On Wednesday night an 18-year-old man was chased down and stabbed in Chadwell Heath, becoming the seventh teen stabbed to death in the capital this year.

On the same evening, but in a separate incident, a 20-year-old man was shot dead in Walthamstow.

Last week, rapper Kelvin Odunuyi, 19, was shot dead as he stood with friends outside a cinema in nearby Wood Green. His killing is believed to be connected to a postcode war orchestrated by gangs in Wood Green and Tottenham.

On Thursday, the Standard reported that London’s Air Ambulance attends more stabbings and shootings than traffic collisions, with the incidents accounting for 31 per cent of their work.

Its medics treated 560 victims of violent crime last year — the first time in its almost 30-year history that this category exceeded the number of pedestrians, cyclists, drivers or passengers hurt in crashes, which totalled 533.

Police investigating Thursday night’s stabbing are still making enquiries and have not arrested anyone.