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Tower Hamlets stabbings: Three injured at health centres | |
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Three people have been taken to hospital after stabbings at two health centres in east London. | |
Two victims were stabbed in Tredegar Practice on St Stephen's Road in Tower Hamlets and another at nearby St Stephen's Health Centre at about 11:00 GMT. | |
Their injuries are not thought to be life-threatening, but the victims have been taken to a major trauma centre. | |
Scotland Yard said one man had been arrested and taken to hospital. | |
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 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. |
The London Ambulance Service said several crews had been sent to the scene. | |
A spokeswoman added: "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 Met said the incident was not being treated as terror-related. | |
St Stephen's practice manager Balvinder Kullar said all staff were safe and described the emergency service response as "brilliant". |