Silent Witness actor Liz Carr has thanked the "amazing" NHS staff who treated her after she was attacked by a man wielding two pairs of scissors near Euston station in London on Tuesday.

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Posting on Twitter, she wrote:

Silent Witness co-star Emilia Fox also backed Liz's support for #SavetheNHS as she tweeted "HUGE amounts of love" to her fellow actor:

Carr, who plays forensic scientist Clarissa Mullery in the BBC crime drama, was taken to hospital when she received "minor cuts" in the incident. She was discharged shortly afterwards.

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The star, who suffers from congenital disorder arthrogryposis multiplex congenita and is a wheelchair user, was with her carer just before 8pm on Tuesday evening when the attack occurred.

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