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Six injured in 'acid incident' outside London shopping centre

Police are at the scene and paramedics are treating six people
Police are at the scene and paramedics are treating six people
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24 September, 2017

Up to six people have been injured in an attack involving a "noxious substance", thought to be acid, near London's Stratford station.

Scotland Yard said officers were called shortly before 8pm on Saturday to Westfield shopping centre in Stratford amid reports of a group of men spraying what is believed to be a noxious substance.

At least one person has been arrested after a group of men sprayed the substance at victims in "multiple locations" last night, Sky News UK reports.

A spokesman for the Met Police said the incident is not being treated as terror-related.

One suspect has been arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm while police say other attackers may still be at large.

London Ambulance Service and London Fire Brigade went to the scene.

A number of officers and emergency workers remain at the scene.

Six people have been injured in an acid attack near a London tube station. "We await further details", London's Metropolitan Police said in a statement.


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