Two men were stabbed during a fight between kitchen workers at Sony Music’s headquarters in central London.

Firearms officers and paramedics were called to the building in Derry Street, Kensington at about 11:00 GMT.

One member of Sony staff said the catering workers had been « running around chasing each other. » Both were later arrested by police. The Met said there was no evidence of any firearms involved and it was not being treated as terror related.

In a statement, Sony said two members of the catering team had been « involved in a violent altercation » and it was being investigated by police. The member of staff, who did not want to be named, said they had heard « screaming and running and people slamming doors ».

They added the two kitchen workers were « slashing each other up ».

They have both been held on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm.

People were evacuated from the building and roads nearby were closed « as a precaution ».

Alex Iszatt, who works in a building opposite, said she saw « loads of people » coming out of the Sony building. « Then running down the road came a whole host of armed police officers, followed by paramedics, » she said.

London Ambulance Service said paramedics had taken one person to a major trauma centre and another was taken to hospital.

Neither of those stabbed suffered life-threatening injuries, Scotland Yard said.