A KNIFEMAN is on the run after a young man was slashed in the face with a "machete" in East London today.

Terrified witnesses reported seeing blood on the road in Leytonstone after the broad daylight horror attack.

1 A man was slashed in the face in Leytonstone, East London, today Credit: Google

The victim, aged in his 20s, was rushed to hospital where he remains in a serious but stable condition.

One witness told the Daily Star there was a “stabbing with a machete” and said there was blood on the road.

She said: “My son went to the shop and saw all the blood.

"Neighbours said a man was heard screaming past our homes 10 minutes before that.”

The road had to be closed while police were scrambled to the incident.

A spokesman for the Met said: "Police were called to High Road, Leytonstone at around 14:30hrs on Monday, 9 October, to reports of a man with a slash injury to his face.

"The man - aged in his early 20s - was taken by LAS to an east London hospital, where his condition is serious but stable.

"Detectives from Waltham Forest are investigating. There has been no arrest at this early stage."

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