A nursery worker was slashed after being attacked by three women who shouted "Allah", her colleague has said.

The woman was set upon as she travelled to work at a nursery in Wanstead, north east London.

The colleague, who did not want to be named, said the victim had "three Asian girls behind her chanting the Koran, 'Allah"'.

She added: "They pulled her to the ground, punched her, kicked her. One of them pulled out a knife and cut her arm from her wrist to her elbow.

"The police turned up, the ambulance cleaned her wounds up."

The Met have confirmed that Counter Terrorism Command were aware of the incident but were not leading the investigation.