Knife attacker 'stabs five' near Asda supermarket as wounded are rushed to hospital and police arrest suspect

A man has been arrested after five people were allegedly stabbed near an Asda supermarket.

The victims were reportedly attacked at a Sainsbury's Argos distribution centre close to the store in Beddington, London.

Paramedics and the air ambulance rushed to the scene shortly after 10am on Thursday.

Five people were taken to hospital, the London Ambulance Service said.

A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said: 'At 10:15hrs on Thursday, 23 January, officers responded to reports of a stabbing at a commercial address on Marlowe Way, Beddington.

'Officers are on scene with the London Ambulance Service to treat [five] injured people.

'The suspect has been arrested.'

Photos from the scene show first responders outside the Sainsbury's Argos distribution centre.

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A police cordon is in place.

A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: 'We were called at 10.21am this morning (Thursday 23 January) to reports of a stabbing incident in Marlowe Way, Croydon.

'We sent a number of resources to the scene, including ambulance crews, a paramedic in a fast response car, an incident response officer, members of our Tactical Response Unit and London's Air Ambulance.

'Our crews treated five patients at the scene, before taking one to a London major trauma centre and four to other hospitals.'

An Argos spokesperson said: 'We're doing everything we can to support the teams on site and gathering as much information as possible to support the police with their investigation.'