Two people have told how a knifeman stabbed a man outside an Accident and Emergency department this morning then attacked patients and staff inside the unit.

An eyewitness, who was waiting in a wheelchair to be treated, said he saw a young man in a hoodie storm into the unit at Leicester Royal Infirmary brandishing a large knife at about 2am.

The injured man, who does not want to be named, said the man then threw the knife at a nurse before smashing a monitor over the head of an elderly man.

He was wrestled to the floor by security staff and a nurse.

We have contacted both Leicestershire Police and University Hospitals of Leicester for a comment, but neither have yet responded.

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