The injured included a woman, two children and three police officers. Police, supported by a helicopter, are searching for the fleeing suspect.
According to Sky News, at least nine people, including a woman, two children and three police officers, were injured in Clapham, south London, on the evening of Wednesday 31 January after a man escaped with an emergency liquid spray. services “Rusty”. It was not immediately known whether it was acid, tests are ongoing. Police, supported by a helicopter, are searching for the suspect.
Firefighters said they responded to a related call “Chemical Phenomena” and provided emergency care to a woman and two children. The injured also include three pedestrians who came to help as well as three police officers. A total of nine people were treated at the scene, five of whom were taken to a major trauma centre, the ambulance service said.
An eyewitness described 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 fought. He violently grabbed one of the two children and threw him to the ground. Then the woman shouted “My eyes! My eyes! Call the police, my eyes!” Then I saw him running away. It was very shocking. “
