An 18-year-old man has been arrested and bailed in connection with a street stabbing.

The 39-year-old victim was stabbed in the side of his back while walking in Chingford Road in Walthamstow just after 9pm on Sunday.  

He staggered into the Food Centre shop and pleaded for help moments after being attacked. 

The injured man, who is believed to live locally, was treated at the scene for a knife wound and taken by ambulance to hospital.   

Police cofirmed he remains in a stable condition in hospital.

Anyone with information is asked to contact DC Ford at the Waltham Forest CID on 0203 276 0971 or call crime stoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.