A man is fighting for life after being stabbed in an alleyway in east London.
Police were called to reports of a stabbing on London Road, in Barking, at 6.30pm on Friday evening.
They found a man, aged in his 30s, suffering from stab wounds in a business premises. He was rushed to an east London hospital in a critical condition.
A second man, believed to be in his 20s, was also treated at the scene for minor injuries but did not require hospital treatment.
A Scotland Yard spokesperson said that the two men had been stabbed in a nearby alleyway.
A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, while a woman has been arrested on suspicion of aiding and abetting an offender.
They were both in custody at an east London police station on Friday night.
London Road was temporarily closed as police combed the crime scene, with a number of major bus routes diverted.
A worker in a nearby shop told the Barking and Dagenham Post: “I was just working in the shop and heard the sound of sirens.
“We came out and there were police everywhere going into the building across the road.”
She added: “Every week now something is happening. My son is 13 and he won’t go out.
“He’ll visit Woodford but he won’t go to Leytonstone, Barking or Westfield.
“I don’t get the bus anymore, I get picked up. It’s all the time now.”
