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| Stratford 'acid attack': Six people injured near shopping centre in east London | Stratford 'acid attack': Six people injured near shopping centre in east London |
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| The Metropolitan Police has confirmed its officers were called to an "acid incident" in Stratford, east London. | The Metropolitan Police has confirmed its officers were called to an "acid incident" in Stratford, east London. |
| Its officers were called to Stratford Shopping Centre in the London borough of Newham just before 8pm, a spokesman told The Independent. | |
| The force said a "group of males" were reported spraying "what is believed to be a noxious substance" and six people were injured in a number of locations. | |
| One person has been arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm, it said. | One person has been arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm, it said. |
| Witnesses at the scene said an argument broke out among a group of people in the Stratford Centre, which is a much smaller shopping mall than its sprawling neighbour, the Westfield Centre. | |
| A man who gave his name as Hossen, 28, a Burger King assistant manager, said he saw a victim and his friend, a known local homeless man, run into the fast food outlet bathroom "to wash acid off his face". | |
| He said: "There were cuts around his eyes and he was trying to chuck water into them." | He said: "There were cuts around his eyes and he was trying to chuck water into them." |
| Nate Higgins, 20, told The Independent he arrived on the scene at about 8.30pm after leaving Westfield shopping centre. | |
| "I was in Westfield and I came out and saw all the police and ambulances. | |
| "People weren't panicking. It seemed like it was settled. But as I was leaving more and more ambulances and fire engines were showing up. | "People weren't panicking. It seemed like it was settled. But as I was leaving more and more ambulances and fire engines were showing up. |
| "There were more fire engines than I've ever seen in one place." | "There were more fire engines than I've ever seen in one place." |
| Inside the Burger King toilets, water could reportedly be seen all over the floor, along with toilet tissue and medical gloves. | |
| The incident is not being treated as terror-related, Scotland Yard said in a statement. | The incident is not being treated as terror-related, Scotland Yard said in a statement. |
| Paramedics and firefighters were also called, and a cordon is in place. | Paramedics and firefighters were also called, and a cordon is in place. |
| Additional reporting by agencies | |