Boy, 13, fighting for his life after getting beaten around the head with a metal pole

Boy, 13, is fighting for his life after ‘man, 35, battered children round the head with a metal pole as they left south London school’

  •  A 13-year-old boy was beaten with a metal pole yesterday afternoon in Lambeth
  • Scotland Yard confirmed the victim is fighting for his life in a London hospital 
  • A 35-year-old man was arrested  and is being questioned on suspicion of GBH 

A 13-year-old boy is fighting for his life after being attacked with a metal pole yesterday afternoon in south west London. 

Videos posted on social show a man involved in a row with several people in Lambeth, at 3.23pm yesterday. 

The Metropolitan Police confirmed a 35-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of GBH. 

The suspect is accused of attacking several people – including the boy – with a pole.  

The man is currently being questioned by detectives investigating the incident. 

 The 13-year-old boy was taken to hospital with head injuries. Scotland Yard described the youngster’s condition as life-threatening.  

A 35-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of GBH following an attack on a 13-year-old boy yesterday afternoon in Lambeth, south west London. The victim was rushed to hospital by London ambulance service where his injuries are described as ‘life-threatening’

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