A TEENAGER suffered facial injuries in a street fight last night.

Police were called to the junction of Eden Road and Orford Road in Walthamstow just before 8pm on Monday (August 22) to reports of an altercation.

When officers arrived they were told a youth had already left the scene to go to hospital.

Police then went to what they describe as a "local hospital" - thought to be Whipps Cross - and located a 19-year-old from Leytonstone who had facial lacerations and an injury to his eye.

He told officers he had been assaulted by a group of youths but refused to cooperate further, a spokeswoman said.

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