Police have launched a manhunt after nine people, including two children and three police officers, were injured in a suspected acid attack in South London,

A woman and her two young children were believed to be the intended targets after they were doused with a “corrosive substance” on a road near Clapham Common at around 7.25pm on Wednesday.

A witness reported that the mother screamed “my eyes” and “police” after she was attacked with the substance.

Police were called to the scene on Lessar Avenue alongside an ambulance service hazardous response team, and the woman and her children were taken to hospital.

Three other adults were also taken to hospital with injuries thought to have been suffered as they came to the aid of the woman and her children.

The suspect remains at large.

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