Three held after late night machete attack in east London

Three teenagers were arrested after a boy was attacked with a machete in the early hours of this morning,

Police said the 17-year-old victim was stabbed in the leg just after midnight in Chadwell Heath.

His mobile phone was taken before one attacker fled the scene in Back Lane on a bicycle.

Police officers gave chase and arrested him on suspicion of assault.

Two other youths were also arrested nearby on suspicion of robbery.

A London Ambulance spokesman said: “We treated a man at the scene for a stab wound to the leg and took him to hospital.”

The three males, two aged 17 and one aged 15, remain in custody at an east London police station.

Anyone with information should call Barking and Dagenham MPS on 101.