A teenager has been taken to hospital after being stabbed in Gravesend.

Police were called at 12.47pm today to a report a teenage boy had been assaulted by another person in Milton Road.

Officers attended alongside South East Coast Ambulance Service and Kent Surrey Sussex Air Ambulance.

The boy has since been taken to a London hospital for treatment to an injury which is consistent with a stab wound.

Enquiries are ongoing and anyone with information, including mobile phone footage or privately held CCTV that captures the incident, is asked to call Kent Police on 01474 366149 quoting 15-0672.

You can also contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously by calling 0800 555111

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