A MAN was taken to hospital after being stabbed.

The victim, believed to be 30 years old, was stabbed in the leg when he was assaulted at an address in Hermon Hill, Wanstead, yesterday (August 21).

Police cordoned off a section of the hill between Eagle Court and Trafalgar Place after the incident after being called at 2.40pm.

The Met has only confirmed that the attacker is a man, giving no description. The victim was treated at the scene by an ambulance and taken to hospital. He has since been released.

No arrests have been made.

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