A man has been arrested after four people were injured in a reported stabbing near in Croydon, south London, the Metropolitan Police said.

       A knifeman went on a terrifying rampage at a parcel centre in Marlowe Way in Beddington, Croydon, this morning.

       An employee at the centre told Metro: "A random guy came to the gate she said he worked for Argos.

       "A security guard confronted him and tacked him and was stabbed. Then more men staff tried to help and three more were stabbed.

       "The security guard was stabbed in the arm he’s ok.

       "The guy who did it did not work here."

       The suspect was arrested shortly after the attack inside a parcel distribution centre, Metro reports.

       Earlier reports claimed the stabbing happened at the nearby Asda, however The Met has dismissed this as untrue.

       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 four injured people.

       “The suspect has been arrested.”

       A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We were called at 10.21am this morning (Thursday, January 23) 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.”

       The scene remains cordoned off as police conduct investigations.

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