A 23-year-old man was stabbed in a brawl in Kingsland Road, Hoxton, shortly before 5.30pm yesterday (March 9).
He was taken to an east London hospital in a non-life threatening condition.
Officers arrested five men who are being held in custody.
Hackney Police are still investigating.
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