Three people were injured in a suspected ‘acid attack’ at Notting Hill Carnival.
Police said an unknown liquid was thrown into a group of people assembled to watch the annual celebration.
Those nearby ran away after the incident around 7.55pm last night.
Three people were treated at the scene for skin irritation, police said, but did not need hospital treatment.
Video from the scene and posted on Snapchat purports to show people running after a liquid was thrown:Some of the crowd quickly dispersed, causing injuries to two people, who have received treatment at the scene,’ a Met Police spokesman said.
There have not been any arrests and police are still investigating what happened in St Charles Square, near Ladbroke Grove.
The exact liquid used is not known.
Hundreds of thousands of people packed the streets of London for the Caribbean carnival which launched in 1964 with a few Trinidadian steel bands.
Security has been tightened this year in the wake of the vehicle and knife attacks across Europe, with steel barriers and concrete blocks around the edge of the route.
Of the thousands who attended, police said they made 106 arrests on the first day of the carnival, more than 40 of them for drug offences.
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