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Boy, 15, stabbed during carnival | Boy, 15, stabbed during carnival |
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A teenager suffered several knife wounds when he was stabbed at the Notting Hill Carnival in London. | A teenager suffered several knife wounds when he was stabbed at the Notting Hill Carnival in London. |
The 15-year-old boy was found in Monmouth Road, off Westbourne Grove, by police at 1920 BST on Monday. | The 15-year-old boy was found in Monmouth Road, off Westbourne Grove, by police at 1920 BST on Monday. |
He had been stabbed in the leg, chest and abdomen and remains in hospital in a serious but stable condition. No-one has been arrested over the stabbing. | He had been stabbed in the leg, chest and abdomen and remains in hospital in a serious but stable condition. No-one has been arrested over the stabbing. |
About 720,000 people attended the two-day carnival in west London, during which police made 222 arrests. | |
Most people were arrested for public order and drugs offences, al though there were 58 fewer arrests than last year. | |
Knife recovered | |
Metropolitan Police Ch Insp Jo Edwards said the lower number of arrests was due to stop-and-search techniques implemented by police. | |
During a stop-and-search police also recovered a bulletproof vest and a knife from a group. | |
Despite fewer arrests, Kensington and Chelsea Council cancelled a surprise appearance by Ms Dynamite at Powis Square, hours before her event at the carnival, because of crowd safety fears. | |
A total of 741 people were treated by London's Ambulance Service at the carnival. | |
Police said the majority of these required treatment on Monday for heat-related illness. | |