Clapham Common: Man stabbed in neck near Rookery Road

A man has been taken to hospital with a stab wound to the neck suffered on Clapham Common.

Ambulance crews called police to the scene of a fight in Rookery Road at around 7.25pm on Monday evening.

A man in his twenties was found at the scene on Clapham Common South Side with a stab injury to the neck and taken to hospital by ambulance. His condition is neither life-threatening, nor life-changing. 

A crime scene was put in place, with London's Air Ambulance was also on the scene.

Enquiries into the incident are ongoing and no arrests have been made.

A Met Police spokesperson said: "Police were called by LAS at 19:26hrs on Monday, 18 April to Rookery Road SW4 to reports of a fight in progress.

"A man in his 20s was found with a suspected stab injury to his neck.

"He was taken to hospital where his condition was assessed as not life-threatening or life-changing.

"A crime scene is in place and enquiries into the circumstances are ongoing.

"There have been no arrests at this time."

A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: "We were called at 7:25pm today (18 April) to reports of a stabbing in Rookery Road, on the northern side of Clapham Common.

"We sent a number of resources including an ambulance crew, an advanced paramedic, a clinical team manager, an incident response officer and a paramedic in a fast response car.

"We also dispatched medics from London's Air Ambulance.

"We treated a man at the scene for a stab wound and took him as a priority to a major trauma centre."

A spokesperson from London's Air Ambulance Charity said: "Our advanced trauma team was dispatched by London Ambulance Service at 19:17 on 18 April to reports of a penetrating trauma in Clapham Common.

"After treatment on scene the patient was transferred by road ambulance to a major trauma hospital accompanied by London's Air Ambulance."