Bystanders restrained the man (Picture: AndyAdams11mufc/Twitter)

Bystanders stepped in to help detain a man who allegedly stabbed another man in the head outside McDonald’s.

Police were called to Bromley High Street following reports that a man in his 40s had been attacked with a knife.

Arriving police arrested the suspect, who had been restrained by bystanders, reports the Standard.

‘Police were called Bromley High Street at approximately 11.20am to reports of a stabbing,’ a Metropolitan Police spokeswoman said.


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‘One man was arrested by police after he was detained by members of the public at the scene.’

The extent of the man’s injuries are not yet known, but he was pictured with his head heavily bandaged.



The suspect is in custody at a south London police station.

Twitter user Andy Adams, who took a photograph of the scene, posted: ‘#horribleworldwelivein’