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A 56-year-old man was shot in the leg in the early hours of Thursday morning in the De Beauvoir conservation area.

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Emergency services were called at to Stamford Road at 2.30am and took the victim to an east London hospital, where he remains in a stable condition.

Trident Gang Crime Command, the Met police division set up to tackle gang crime is investigating, but no arrests have yet been made.

Residents say police have been posting leaflets in local houses looking for witnesses.

Anyone with information can call Trident on 020 8217 7355 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

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