Multiple people injured after corrosive substance attack in south London

Police called after a man threw a suspected corrosive substance at a mother and her two children

A woman and her two young children have been taken to hospital after a man threw a suspected corrosive substance at them in south London.

Police were called to Lessar Avenue near Clapham Common at about 7.25pm on Wednesday. Det Supt Alexander Castle said: “Officers are on scene following this horrific incident.”