A teenager is fighting for his life in hospital after being stabbed in east London as a worrying spate of knife attacks in the capital continues.

The boy, believed to be 16, became the latest victim of knife crime in the city after being attacked in Bow shortly after 6pm on Easter Sunday.

The victim remained in critical condition on Monday morning, Scotland Yard confirmed.

Dramatic footage from St Leonard’s Street showed the road taped off as police investigated the stabbing.

Witnesses described seeing a police helicopter circling the area and a large police presence on the street.

Two males were arrested near the scene.

It comes after a murder probe was launched on Saturday after a 36-year-old woman was killed in what is believed to be the 30th incident of fatal knife crime in the capital this year.

It was also revealed yesterday that a spike in violent crime in London saw more murders committed in the city in February and March than there were in New York, figures show.

So far in 2018, 46 people have been fatally stabbed, shot or injured in London compared with 50 in the US city.

On the stabbing in Bow, a Metropolitan Police spokesman said: “Officers administered first aid prior to the arrival of London Ambulance Service.

“The victim - believed to be a 16-year-old boy - was taken by ambulance to an east London hospital. His condition is critical.

“Detectives from Tower Hamlets CID are investigating.”