Two teenage girls were stabbed after a row at a west London restaurant spiralled out of control, police said.

The pair, both aged 17, had become involved in a disagreement with another girl and exchanged insults with her on social media.

The trio met at a restaurant in West Kensington, when the argument is understood to have come to a head.

After the incident spilled onto North End Road, they were knifed and slashed just after 5.30pm on Monday, April 23.

They were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Scotland Yard said a 17-year-old girl was arrested at the scene and later bailed until mid-May.

Detective Constable Stewart Cherrington, from Hammersmith and Fulham CID, said: "This incident happened in a very busy area and a number of people will have seen what happened. I am appealing to these people to come forward and speak to us.

"I'm also appealing to anyone who has footage on their mobile phone to come forward as well as motorists who were in the area and may have captured the incident on their dash cam.

"Any information, no matter how small, is crucial in helping us to establish what happened."

Anyone with information can call Hammersmith and Fulham CID on 020 8246 2678, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or online at crimestoppers-uk.org.