Three people stabbed at east London health centre

Three people have been stabbed in a machete attack at a health centre in east London.

The incident occurred at a doctor's surgery in St Stephen's Road, Tower Hamlets.

A man has been arrested and the condition of those injured is not known.

Police stressed that the incident was not terror related.

A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "Police were called at 11:06hrs on Wednesday, 19 December to reports of a stabbing at a health centre on St Stephen’s Road, Tower Hamlets.

"Officers, including specialist firearms officers, attended and found three people (no further details) suffering from stab injuries.

"They were taken to hospital by London Ambulance Service; their injuries are not being treated as life-threatening.

"A man (no further details at this early stage) was detained nearby and taken to hospital suffering from an injury. Cordons remain in place while enquiries are ongoing. This incident is not terror related."

Witnesses at the scene described a huge police presence and reported seeing a man arrested.

Posting a video of the aftermath on Twitter, Onuoha Olere wrote that a man had gone on a stabbing spree with a machete.

 A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We were called at 11:05am today to St Stephen's Road, E3, to reports of an incident.

“We sent an incident response officer, an advanced paramedic, two ambulance crews and two single responders in cars to the scene. We also dispatched a response car from London's Air Ambulance.

“We treated four people at the scene. We took three of the four to a major trauma centre as a priority and one to hospital."

- THE TELEGRAPH