Three in hospital after health centre stabbing – police

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Three in hospital after health centre stabbings - police
Three in hospital after health centre stabbings - police

Three people have been taken to hospital after a stabbing at a health centre in east London, police said.

Officers were called to St Stephen's Health Centre in Tower Hamlets at 11.06am on Wednesday, Scotland Yard said.

Three people were taken to hospital with stab injuries that are not thought to be life-threatening.

A man was detained nearby and taken to hospital with an injury, police added.

The force said the incident was not terror-related. A cordon remains in place.

Tower Hamlets police tweeted: "We are in attendance and aware of an incident at St Stephens Health Centre. We are dealing with it and one male arrested."

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