Clapham ‘acid attack’ – live: Victims suffer potentially life-changing injuries after alkaline thrown in faces in Lessar Avenue

Streatham MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy hailed the actions of the “absolute heros” who stepped in grabbing the youngest child away and chasing off the attacker, Barney Davis reports.

She told The Independent: “They are amazing. They are true heroes, honestly, they came out at complete risk to themselves and did what they had to do to keep people safe.

“They are all fine now. It’s just the woman and her children who have life-changing but not life-threatening injuries. The local people here are absolute heroes they didn’t think about their own safety once.”

The Metropolitan Police commissioner has called out the “ghastly” chemical attack on a mother and her two daughters and confirmed the attacker was known to the family.

“It’s frightening. This is a ghastly attack. But everything we know points this to being two people who know eachother. It’s not random,” Sir Mark Rowley told BBC Radio London.

Sir Mark added that the mother and youngest daughter’s burns were “potentially substantial” and a live manhunt for the suspect was underway.

The mother and attacker knew eachother, according to Streatham’s MP. Bell Ribeiro-Addy told The Independent: “It’s clear that the individuals involved in the attack were known to each other.”

The mother, 31, and her two daughters – aged eight and three – all remain in hospital, after they were allegedly attacked by a man who police are now hunting.

A witness told The Independent she saw a man get out of the same car as the mother and two children in school uniform in the back before throwing the youngest to the floor.

The family, five responding officers and three others who tried to help were all rushed to hospital after the attack on Wednesday evening.

The mother, 31, and her two daughters – aged eight and three – all remain in hospital, after they were allegedly attacked by a man who police are now hunting.

Three women, two in their 30s and one in her 50s, were also injured after coming to the aid of the family when they saw commotion.

Five police officers were also injured, A man in his 50s suffered minor injuries but declined hospital treatment, according to police.

A three-year-old girl was slammed to the floor twice like a “ragdoll” in a suspected acid attack which left nine injured and two with potentially life-changing injuries, Barney Davis reports.

A witness told The Independent she saw a man get out of the same car as the mother and two children in school uniform in the back before throwing the youngest to the floor.

“It was horrendous I have not slept a wink since. I saw what I thought was a normal accident but then I saw him come out walk to the back passenger side and take a child out,” she said.

“He lifted the young child up extended his arms up above his head and throw her to the floor like a ragdoll.“I thought she was dead, everyone was screaming ‘stop’ and ‘call the police’.

“It looked like she hit her head on the middle of the road. He picked the child up again and slammed her again she landed on her side.

“I thought she was gone from the sheer force of the first hit. She was making no noise. The lady across was looking out for her.

“I said she should be stabilised to protect her spine. She was quiet not making any noise it was horrifying. We were throwing water in her little face.

“Then suddenly the baby cried ‘I want my mum’ and I knew she was alive. It was such a relief.”

A mother and daughter could suffer life-changing injuries after a suspected corrosive substance was thrown in their faces.

The mother, 31, and her three-year-old daughter, were rushed to hospital after the attack in Clapham, south London, on Wednesday night.

The mother was screaming “My eyes. My eyes. Call the police. My eyes,” as the young girl was thrown to the ground like a “ragdoll”, according to witnesses.

A man threw a child to the floor twice like he was in a “wrestling ring” during the suspected acid attack, a witness told The Independent.

Shannon Christi, 35, ran out on hearing the mother scream for help. She saw a man in black throwing a child to the floor twice “like he was in the wrestling ring”.

Without hesitation she ran towards him and grabbed the 3-year-old girl off the floor and brought her inside to safety.

Her partner dressed in his slippers ran after the suspect chasing him away down the street. She told The Independent: “I heard screaming ‘help, help’ and came outside.

“I saw the man throwing the girl on the floor like he was in a wrestling ring. He was angry. I rushed in and grabbed her. I didn’t see what he looked like or where he went I was focussed on her.

“I poured water on her and called the ambulance. The child was crying she told me her name and she was three but I couldn’t hear her through the tears.”

Ms Christi had gone to get hospital treatment when her lips and her arm started to burn after coming into contact with the child.

She added: “I just hope she is ok. I would do it again in an instant 100 per cent. I couldn’t leave her like that.”