Horror as schoolboy is stabbed on bus 'packed with children'
A TEENAGE boy has been stabbed on a bus “packed with children” on their way back from school in south London.
The air ambulance landed outside St Luke's Church
The young man was found bleeding on the top deck of a bus in Norwood Road, West Norwood, after he was stabbed in the stomach during a fight.
Emergency services rushed to St Luke’s Church in Norwood High Street shortly after 3.30pm on Tuesday.
It is thought several of the schoolchildren on board the bus at the time witnessed the incident.
The boy was treated for non-life threatening injuries.
The boy was stabbed in the stomach during a fight
Hats off to @LDNairamb Bloody tricky takeoff - trapped between church & oak tree. Incredible work #airambulance pic.twitter.com/bau1oU79nV
— Ed Johnson (@edjohnson05) May 3, 2016
We treated a patient for stab wounds at the scene and took him as a priority to a major trauma centre
London Ambulance Service spokesman said: "We were called at 3.33pm to reports of a stabbing incident on Norwood Road, West Norwood.
"We sent a single responder by car, an ambulance crew, an advanced paramedic and London's Air Ambulance.
"We treated a patient for stab wounds at the scene and took him as a priority to a major trauma centre."
One witness posted on Twitter: "A helicopter has just landed in the middle of West Norwood high street outside St Luke's Church.
"A stabbing on a bus apparently. Norwood Road completely closed at West Norwood."
While another posted: "Just another manic Tuesday, West Norwood - a stabbing on a bus filled with schoolkids then an air ambulance follows.”
Anyone with information is asked to call Lambeth CID on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.