A man has stabbed himself in the head with a knife at Heathrow airport in London.
The man began to stab himself near Terminal 5 after he passed through the airport's security checks on Wednesday evening, Telegraph reports.
Terminal 5 of Heathrow, where the stabbing occurred. Photo: Steve Parsons/PA
Quoting witnesses, the report stated that the man was then taken to hospital and did not injure any other passengers during the incident.
One Tweeted: "Sitting at Fortnum and Mason Heathrow T5 when a man runs past stabbing himself in the head - security has contained the situation."
"It appears he was in the departure lounge and he picked up a knife from one of the shops," Telegraph quoted a spokesman for Heathrow airport.
An eyewitness, Tamara Lynch, said: "He was stood with his back to the shop window and was stabbing himself in the neck and he opened his jacket up and was trying to stab himself in the chest."
Heathrow, an international airport in London, is the fifth busiest airport in the world by total passenger traffic. In 2014, it handled 73.4 million passengers.
