A man is recovering in hospital after a daylight stabbing in Tolworth.

Police were called to Tollworth Broadway just after 3.30pm yesterday to reports of a stabbing.

But before police and the London Ambulance Service arrived, the victim and the suspects had fled the scene.

During the attack an elderly woman was knocked over. She was taken by LAS to a west London hospital where her injuries have been deemed not life threatening.

An hour after the attack a 26-year-old man presented himself at a west London hospital suffering from a stab wound. His injury is not life threatening.

No arrests have been made as of yet and police are investigating.

Anyone who witnessed this incident but has not yet spoken with police should call South West Command Unit by dialling 101.