A SCHOOLBOY was slashed across the neck in front of horrified shoppers after 100 school kids descended on a south London mall.

The Lewisham Shopping Centre was evacuated by police after the victim, said to be 16, was brutally knifed at 4.40pm yesterday afternoon.

2 Police were called to Lewisham Shopping Centre in South London at 4:40pm Credit: PA:Press Association

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Witnesses told how the victim ran screaming for help before slumping outside the Poundland store covered in blood.

One said: “There was 100 schoolchildren crowding around each other and all over the place. Everyone was shocked and most people were hysterical.”

A mother from Bromley added: “All the children were shouting ‘he’s been stabbed’. The security did an amazing job were looking after him while waiting for paramedics.”

Police said they were called to reports of a stabbing at 4.40pm, and the victim was taken to an east London hospital, reportedly by air ambulance, where he is now in a stable condition.

No arrests have been made.

Onlookers described on social media how blood could be seen at the shopping centre.

One user wrote: "Pools of blood around the centre, it's disgusting, seriously hope the boy is alright."

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Meanwhile, a Lewisham resident told the London Evening Standard: “I met a friend at the entrance who works in the centre and she said the floor was covered in a pool of blood.

“She said a schoolboy had been stabbed right in the middle of the shopping centre.

“Everyone was immediately evacuated and the alarms were turned on.”

A London Ambulance spokeswoman said: "We were called at 4.42pm to reports of a stabbing on Lewisham High Street today.

2 Police on horses were seen outside the shopping centre, which was closed following the incident Credit: PA:Press Association

"We sent multiple resources to the scene including an incident response officer, an ambulance crew , two fast response cars and London's Air Ambulance, with the first of our staff arriving in seven minutes.

"A male was sent as priority to a major trauma centre."

The attack victim was today said to be in a stable condition.

Police said no arrests have been made and appealed for witnesses to call 101, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.