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Tower Hamlets stabbing: Three injured at health centre | Tower Hamlets stabbing: Three injured at health centre |
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Three people have been stabbed at a health centre in east London. | Three people have been stabbed at a health centre in east London. |
Police were called just after 11:00 GMT to St Stephen's Health Centre in Tower Hamlets. | Police were called just after 11:00 GMT to St Stephen's Health Centre in Tower Hamlets. |
The three were taken to hospital with injuries that are not life-threatening, police said. A man has been detained and taken to hospital for treatment. | |
A video posted to social media showed a man with long hair, dressed only in underwear, being led in handcuffs to the back of a police van. | |
A cordon remains in place and inquiries are continuing. | |
A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: "We sent an incident response officer, an advanced paramedic, two ambulance crews and two single responders in cars to the scene. We also dispatched a response car from London's Air Ambulance. | A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: "We sent an incident response officer, an advanced paramedic, two ambulance crews and two single responders in cars to the scene. We also dispatched a response car from London's Air Ambulance. |
"We treated four people at the scene. We took three of the four to a major trauma centre as a priority and one to hospital." | "We treated four people at the scene. We took three of the four to a major trauma centre as a priority and one to hospital." |
The incident is not being treated as terror-related, the Met Police said. |