Three suspects believed to be involved in the stabbing of an Iranian journalist left the UK hours after the attack.

Pouria Zeraati, presenter at London Broadcasting Corporation Iran International, yes leg stabbed Outside his home in Wimbledon, south London, on Friday afternoon.

Police said the victim was approached by two men on the street before he was attacked.

The pair then fled the scene in a blue Mazda 3 driven by a third man, which was abandoned in the New Malden area a short time later.

The Metropolitan Police said: “The investigation team has established that the suspect abandoned the car and headed directly to Heathrow Airport and left the UK within hours of the attack.”

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