A man has been charged after an 11-year-old girl was stabbed in Leicester Square.

Ioan Pintaru, 32, of no fixed address was charged with attempted murder and possession of a bladed article.

He was remanded in custody to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court later this morning ( August 13).

Police were called to Leicester Square just after 11.30am on Monday (August 11) following reports of a stabbing.

An 11-year-old girl was found with stab wounds.

She was taken to hospital where her injuries, while serious, were assessed as non-life threatening.

Scotland Yard said it was initially believed that the girl’s mother, a 34-year-old woman, was also hurt.

However it was later confirmed that blood from her daughter’s injuries had been mistaken for injuries of her own.