Detectives are trying to identify a man suspected of stabbing two women with a sharp implement, thought to be a needle, in north London.

At 9.30am on Friday 18th November a 24 year old woman was approached along Green Lanes by the man who pushed the sharp implement into her body before fleeing. Five days later a 29 year old woman was attacked in similar circumstances – stabbed while waiting for a bus at 2.30pm. The suspect then ran off along Ferme Park Road towards Crouch End.

Both victims were only slightly hurt but are having to undergo medical tests to make sure they are free from infection.

Officers are linking the offences, which happened last week in Haringey, north London.