A POLICEMAN was stabbed while he was on duty in east London yesterday.

A plain clothes police officer from Enfield borough is in hospital after he was stabbed outside the Bow Bells Pub in Bow Road at around 9.20pm (November 23).

His condition is stable and his injuries thought to be non-life threatening.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and a knife was found at the scene.

Enquiries are ongoing, but police do not believe the attack to be an act of terrorism.