A man was taken to hospital with a stab wound after a "racially-motivated" incident. 

Police were called by the London Ambulance Service at about 2.45pm on Monday (January 16) to reports of a man aged in his 40s with a stab wound in Mare Street, Hackney.

Officers attended the scene and the man was taken to hospital for treatment. His injury is not believed to be life-threatening.

A police spokesperson said: "At this early stage it is believed that the man was assaulted by another man - due to comments reportedly made, the incident is being treated as racially motivated."

There have been no arrests and police enquiries continue.

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