Four people in hospital after stabbing in south-east London

A police statement said: ‘Officers attended the scene alongside the London ambulance service and London’s air ambulance and found four men with stab wounds.’ Photograph: James Manning/PA

Seven people have been arrested after four men were stabbed in south-east London, the Metropolitan police said.

Officers were called to reports of “an altercation” on Bromley High Street at 2.15pm and found four men with stab wounds, the force added.