A 17-year-old boy is in a critical condition in hospital after being stabbed in the chest in Barnsbury on Wednesday.
The young man was stabbed at around 4pm near Barnsbury Road and was taken to a hospital in East London by ambulance.
Eyewitnesses said he was stabbed for his phone on a nearby football pitch before dragging himself to Barnard Park where he collapsed and paramedics attended to him.
Police cars, ambulances and a helicopter were called to the scene.
He was given oxygen and his stab wound was treated before he was rushed to hospital at 4.45pm.
Four youths were questioned by police at the scene.
(Photo: via Flickr – Ewan-M)
