Detectives are now searching a residential address in east London after the ” violent unprovoked knife attack”, which is being treated as a “terrorist incident”.
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The police spokesman said one man had sustained serious stab injuries.
A man has been stabbed at Leytonstone station in east London.
The Met confirmed they had arrested a man after discharging a Taser gun.
“We are treating this as a terrorist incident”, said Cmdr.
Commander Richard Walton, the head of the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command, said: “I would urge the public to remain calm, but alert and vigilant”.
The terror threat level in Britain remains at severe.
Police appealed to anyone near the attack and who might have photos or video of the incident to contact police.
Amateur video purporting to capture the incident has been circulated on social media.
A man has been seriously injured in a stabbing at a London train station, with his alleged assailant reportedly shouting “This is for Syria” during the attack.
Police were called to the station after reports of a stabbing in the ticket hall on Saturday at around 7pm.
The United Kingdom is facing stepped-up threats from ISIS – especially after British fighter planes began flying sorties last week against ISIS targets in Syria.
Like many other European countries, authorities in Britain are already on edge after Islamic extremist attacks in Paris last month left 130 people dead.
Shouts are heard as the suspect is seen remonstrating with people before swinging at one of them.
“We sent a number of resources to the including our joint response unit, an incident response officer, an ambulance crew and London’s Air Ambulance to the scene”.
A man in the crowd shouts, “You ain’t no Muslim, bruv!” He dropped the knife and one of the officers kicked it out of his way. His injuries are not considered life-threatening, police said.
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Two police officers roll the man onto his stomach and handcuff him. “The patient was taken to hospital escorted by the doctor from London’s Air Ambulance”.
