Daily Star

A horrific knife attack has left the streets of a London high street covered in blood. The public is being asked to avoid Streatham Hill as the emergency services deal with the situation.

The incident took place this afternoon outside a Starbucks on the busy south London suburb. Images uploaded to social media shows a police cordon outside the coffee shop.

A local resident who witnessed the aftermath told the Daily Star there was "a lot of blood". He added: "There was a few people helping the injured man. He seemed aware and conscious when I passed.