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Boy, 13, stabbed in gang fight

Chris Greenwood,Press Association
Thursday 30 July 2009 12:31 BST

A 13-year-old boy was in hospital today with stab wounds after being attacked outside a fried chicken takeaway.

Police said the schoolboy was injured in a street fight in Foxley Road, Camberwell, south London.

The victim, who is black, was stabbed repeatedly in the torso during a gang fight at about 10.10pm last night.

A Metropolitan Police spokesman said three men, aged in their mid to late teens, were arrested over the attack.

He said the victim is in a stable condition in hospital.

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