Among the injured are a woman, two children and three police officers. Police, supported by a helicopter, are searching for the suspect, who fled.
According to Sky News, at least nine people, including a woman, two children and three police officers, were injured on the evening of Wednesday January 31 in Clapham, south London, by an individual who fled after spraying them with a liquid qualified by emergency services “corrosive”. It is not immediately known whether it is acid, tests are underway. Police, supported by a helicopter, are searching for the suspect.
Firefighters said they responded to a call related to a “chemical incident” and provided emergency care to a woman and two children. Among the injured were also three passers-by who came to help, as well as three police officers. A total of nine people were treated at the scene, five of whom were transported to a large trauma center, according to the ambulance service.
An eyewitness recounted the following scene to Sky News: “There was a man in a white car with two children. It looked like he was trying to run over a woman. They had fought. He grabbed one of the two children, grabbed him violently and threw him to the ground. The lady then shouted “My eyes! My eyes ! Call the police, my eyes!” Then I saw him run away. It was so traumatic.”