UK police charge man over London Underground knife attack

United Kingdom police have charged a man with attempted murder following a knife attack that left three people injured in east London subway station last Saturday, officials said on Monday.

According to police, a 29-year-old man from east London will appear at the magistrates' court later on Monday.

A suspect in the case, Muhaydin Mire, was tasered and arrested Saturday night after a series of stabbings at Leytonstone underground station in London.

Police had said in an immediate statement following the incident that they were treating the incident as a "terrorist incident".

One man suffered serious but not life-threatening injuries in the attack at Leytonstone underground station while a second person suffered minor injuries.

Britain is on its second-highest security alert level of "severe", meaning a militant attack is considered highly likely, though not imminent, mainly because of the threat posed by Daesh.

Last week, British war planes joined air strikes for the first time against Daesh fighters in Syria.