A five-year-old girl was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries after she was stabbed multiple times in London on Tuesday morning.

Emergency crews were called to the scene on Applegreen Grove, in the Commissioners and Wonderland roads area, just after 6 a.m.

Police said the girl was rushed to hospital and is now in stable condition.

A man was arrested on scene.

The girl’s father, Andrew Bruce Hill, 38, has been charged with attempted murder.