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Boy stabbed in playground

A 15-year-old boy is critically ill after being stabbed in his school playground, Scotland Yard has said.

The teenager was attacked on Thursday afternoon at a school in Greenford, west London.

He was airlifted to hospital where he is in a critical but stable condition.

Police arrested a 16-year-old youth at an address in Southall at around 5pm. He is being held at a west London police station.

According to reports, the attack happened at the Wiseman Catholic School on Greenford Road.

A notice on the school's website said it would be closed on Friday.

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