Two men and a teenager suffered stab wounds after a brutal knife fight in an alleyway.
Three young men, in their late teens to mid twenties, were injured during the clash in Thornton Heath, south London, just after 6.30pm yesterday.
A witness said he saw one of the gang with ‘blood on his face’ moments before police arrived on the scene.
Police and paramedics tend to the men involved in the knife fight in Thornton Heath
The first victim, a 24-year-old man, was arrested on suspicion of affray in relation to the incident and has been taken to a south London police station where he remains in custody.
A a 23-year-old man, and a 19-year-old man, remain in hospital in a stable condition.
Witness Christopher Lee told the Croydon Advertiser: ‘I saw four people; they were fighting and arguing and then just one of the guys had a lot of blood on his face.
‘They looked young, in their late teens, early 20s.
‘One of the guys standing up, it looked as if he punched or kicked one on the ground. Then the police arrived.’
A London Ambulance Service spokesman said all three patients were conscious when they were taken to hospital.
Debris and clothes are scattered across the alleyway in Thornton Heath, south London
A officer stands outside the cordon at the scene in Thornton Heath, yesterday evening
He said: ‘We were called to London Road at just after 6.35pm. We sent a number of staff to the scene including three ambulance crews, an officer and an emergency paramedic.
‘Our staff treated three male patients, who were all conscious.
‘They were treated and stabilised at the scene before being taken to hospital.’
No arrests have been made.
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