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Medical practitioner stabbed at Sidcup GP practice

Jamie Moreland/BBC Barnard Health GP practice on Granville RoadJamie Moreland/BBC
A medical practitioner in his 50s was stabbed at the health centre

A man has been arrested after a medical practitioner was stabbed at a GP practice in south-east London, the Metropolitan Police has said.

The force was called to reports of a stabbing at Barnard Health Centre on Granville Road, Sidcup at 12:48 BST on Thursday.

A man in his 60s is being held on suspicion of attempted murder and remains in police custody while the investigation continues.

The victim, a man in his 50s, has been treated in hospital after his arm was wounded but his injury is not thought to be life threatening.

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