A woman is a serious condition after a man stabbed her multiple times in Clapham.

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The scene in Clapham this morning 

Police were called to a house in Allnutt Way, near Clapham Common tube station, just before 6pm yesterday.

They found a woman in her early thirties who had been stabbed multiple times.

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The stabbing took place in Allnutt Way 

The London Ambulance service took the woman to a south London hospital where she is described as in a serious but stable condition.

Police officers think the man entered the house, attacked the woman and fled in a silver Peugeot van.

It is believed the victim knew her attacker. The Metropolitan Police Service is trying to trace the man and the van.

There have been no arrests and anyone with information is asked to call 101.

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