Masked knifeman Tasered by police after 'stabbing teenage girl as she left school'

A masked man was Tasered by police after a teenage girl was stabbed in the leg outside a school.

The 15-year-old girl was attacked as she was leaving Eltham Hill School in south east London today.

She had walked off the site to the outside of Mecca Bingo Hall where she was attacked.

A note to parents from the school's headteacher Erika Podmore read: "I am writing to let you know that there was a very serious incident outside Eltham Hill School at the end of the school day today.

"A young man wearing a mask attacked one of our students by the Bingo Hall as she was leaving school and obviously other students who witnessed this were extremely frightened.

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"The young man was carrying a knife and one of our members of staff along with a member of the public managed to get the knife from him."

According to the headteacher the student was injured but is 'going to be fine'.

Police were called to the scene at 3.03pm after a member of the public reported seeing a man with a knife.

A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police said: "Officers responded and detained a male matching the male’s description, believed to be aged in his teens, on Eltham Palace Road.

"Police Taser was deployed and discharged. The male was taken to hospital as a precaution before going into police custody on suspicion of GBH.

"A 15-year-old girl was found suffering from a stab injury to her leg in a nearby school.

"Her condition is not thought to be life-threatening.

"Enquiries continue to determine whether the incidents are linked."