A mother was left screaming “my eyes” after vile thugs threw acid into her face and at her two children in a suspected acid attack in south London.

The thugs then fled the scene, according to witnesses, and left eight people needing hospital treatment.

A total of nine individuals, including a woman, her two children and three officers were injured as a result of the incident.

The suspects are still at large as of Thursday morning, and a helicopter was deployed to try and locate them.

Police officers have launched an investigation following the attack in Lessar Avenue, Clapham South

It is understood that three passers-by tried to come to the aid of those injured in the horrific attack, before suffering injuries themselves.

Police officers have launched an investigation following the attack in Lessar Avenue, Clapham South.

“It was horrific,” a witness told Sky News as he tried to clean the chemical from the woman’s face.

“First a man grabbed his kid - a girl aged two or three from a white car.

A witness said they heard the mum screaming 'my eyes'

“He threw her onto the floor - twice! It was the worst thing I've ever seen.

“The man then threw something at the woman. She was screaming, 'my eyes! My eyes!'.”

The man then allegedly got into a car and tried to run the woman over.

The witness said, “there was a little baby girl banging on the door on the dad’s side, the lady was crying, screaming” and calling for help.