A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after going on a knife rampage through Greenwich.
Police were called at 3.26pm on Tuesday to reports of a stabbing at a home on Norman Road.
Officers attended alongside the London Ambulance Service and found a woman, aged in her 40s, suffering from slash wounds.
Her condition is not life threatening or life changing.
Moments later, police were called to nearby Thornham Street to a report that another woman had been stabbed.
Officers attended and the victim was taken to a hospital with a slash wound; this is not believed to be life changing or life threatening.
Shortly afterwards, police received a report of a man threatening a teenage girl with a knife at Cutty Sark.
Officers attended and arrested a man, aged 18, on suspicion of attempted murder and possession of an offensive weapon. He was tasered during the arrest.
He was taken to hospital as a precaution where he remains.
The teenager did not suffer any injuries.
The incident is not being treated as terror-related.
Enquiries continue and a crime scene remains in place.
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