Four people were injured in a stabbing on Thursday on Bromley High Street in the Bromley area of south London and were taken to hospital, while police cordoned off parts of the scene and began investigating the circumstances.
Emergency services respond
Police officers and ambulance services were deployed around the scene, while a police drone flew over the area. The Metropolitan Police has not yet disclosed the circumstances or motive, while security services continue their investigation.
Earlier incident in Covent Garden
The incident follows a stabbing in central London's Covent Garden on 5 August, in which four men aged between 34 and 56 were injured on Endell Street.
The injured men in that incident were taken to a major trauma centre, while police arrested a 47-year-old woman. Police said after the incident that it appeared to be linked to mental health, and announced that scissors had been found at the scene.
