Hackney Police were called to Southwold Road, this evening shortly before 10pm on to reports…
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A man in his mid thirties was found bleeding from stab wounds in a car, on Upper Clapton Road near Rossington Street at approximately 6.40pm today (Monday 9th).
Police have reason to believe he was stabbed on Stroud Green Road, in Finsbury Park before being driven Upper Clapton, presumably on his way to Homerton hospital, before the driver decided to stop for help.
He was taken to an East London hospital, where he is said to be in stable condition. No arrests have been made.
Ashante Prince who was in a nearby barber shop on Upper Clapton, told Hackney Hive: “I saw a man bleeding from his face in a car. A woman with him who said she was his sister, frantically told me how two men stabbed him in his face several times.
“It seemed to take forever for police to arrive, but the Jewish police[sic] Shorim were there, then a paramedic in a car showed up. Eventually police arrived as well as an ambulance”.
Upper Clapton Road between Northwold Road and Warwick Road is closed. Bus route 254 and 253 are being diverted until further notice.
UPDATE
Upper Clapton Road is now reopened.
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Hackney Hive founder, publisher and contributor. Hackneyite and all round Girl Friday who couldn't wait to leave Hackney and London behind her. After hitching her wagon in California, Texas, New Orleans, Louisiana for 18 years, with a brief spell in Mexico, the prodigal daughter returned to London, happy to put an unconventional and risqué past behind her.
It sometimes feels like she’s still at war with herself. This often leads her into a whole lot of trouble, although it’s fair to blame it on some of her best qualities: intelligence, original thinking, willingness to take risks, skepticism, rebelliousness, independence, and creativity. But you know what, much of the trouble she gets into is because she can’t help pointing out that the emperor is naked.
Remi still lives by her own rules, nobody else’s. She is owned by her two dogs Deffer(a Jack Russell & Darcy a Jack Russell/Pomeranian mix) and is proprietor of London’s finest and long established pet sitting service.
The big smoke is home for the moment, but she desperately yearns wide open spaces, where she hopes to call home in the near future.
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