General view of Old Street in London (Image: GOOGLE STREET VIEW)
A man is fighting for his life in hospital after being stabbed in the groin in Shoreditch, east London. Scotland Yard said officers were called to reports of an assault in Old Street at about 2.20am on Saturday (March 15).
Paramedics from London Ambulance Service took the man, who is aged in his 20s, to hospital where he remains in a critical condition, according to the Metropolitan Police.
Less than an hour after officers arrived in Old Street, four people were stopped near Shoreditch Park.
Three men and one woman were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and remain in custody, according to the police.
Old Street was closed to traffic by an extensive police cordon which stretched from junctions with Charlotte Road and Curtain Road.
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