Two teenagers have been arrested after a 16-year-old boy was stabbed in Balham.

Police were called to a stabbing in Balham Hill, at the junction with Nightingale Lane, at around 11.20am today (September 22).

Officers arrived at the scene with the London Ambulance Service, discovering that the victim had suffered a single stab wound to the back.

He was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

A 15-year-old and 16-year-old boy, were arrested by police on suspicion of GBH and theft of a motor vehicle and remain in custody.

Police said enquiries are continuing.