Man arrested after officers were called to Westfield shopping centre on Saturday night in incident not being treated as terror relatedSix people have been reported injured in a suspected noxious substance attack near an east London shopping centre, police said. Scotland Yard said officers were called shortly before 8pm on Saturday to the area of Westfield shopping centre in Stratford amid reports of a group of men spraying what is believed to be a noxious substance. A spokesman for the Metropolitan police said the attack was not being treated as terror related. Witnesses at the scene said an argument had broken out among a group of people. Paul Gibson, assistant director of operations at London ambulance service, said: “We have sent a number of resources to the scene including paramedics, ambulance crews, an incident response officer and our hazardous area response team.

Source: The Guardian September 23, 2017 20:48 UTC