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Condition of boy stabbed in Shepherd's Bush improves

BBC Published Jun 13, 2010 Reviewed Jul 1, 2026 ✓ Reviewed by citations.press editors
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A 16‑year‑old was found near Shepherd's Bush Tube station in the early hours of Saturday.
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A second 16‑year‑old was found with a single stab wound nearby, taken to hospital, and later arrested and bailed.
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A teenager who was stabbed in west London is now in a stable condition, police have said.

Officers found the 16-year-old near Shepherd's Bush Tube station in the early hours of Saturday.

His condition had been described as critical but he is understood to be improving.

A second 16-year-old, found with a single stab wound nearby, was taken to hospital and later arrested and bailed.

Police sealed off the area around the Tube station, including a bus terminus, for several hours.

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