Boy, 15, hospitalised after Sloane Square stabbing

Sloane Square Tube station with blue police tape blocking the entrance as staff and police officers stand to the right, some wearing fluorescent tabards
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Emergency services were called to Sloane Square Tube station on Monday

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A 15-year-old boy has been hospitalised after he was stabbed near a London Underground station in central London.

The Metropolitan Police and London Ambulance Service were called to Lower Sloane Street, Sloane Square just before 15:30 BST on Monday.

The boy was taken to hospital by air ambulance, where his condition was assessed as not life-threatening or life-changing, Scotland Yard said.

Transport for London reopened the station at 20:00 BST. No arrests have been made and inquiries continue, the force added.

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