A man has been arrested after a young woman was stabbed on a busy street during a daylight attack.

The suspect, who has not been identified, is being held by Metropolitan police officers on suspicion of attempted murder following the incident on the Caledonian Road in Islington, north London.

The victim, in her 20s, is believed to have been stabbed in the chest during the incident at around 10.20am on Saturday.

Part of the street was in lockdown with cordons in place and traffic diverted following the attack.

A London ambulance service spokesman said: “We were called at 10.16am, there were a number of calls to us reporting a stabbing incident.

“We sent a number of vehicles and our first ambulance arrived on the scene at 10.24am.”