Daniel Radcliffe helps tourist 'slashed in the face' by armed moped robber
Spokesperson for the actor confirmed he was at the scene
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Your support makes all the difference.Daniel Radcliffe reportedly rushed to help a tourist who was attacked by robbers on a moped in London.
According to the Evening Standard, the Harry Potter star was one of a group of people who went to help a man targeted by thieves on King's Road in Chelsea.
The two men reportedly stole the man's Louis Vuitton bag and left him with a facial injury.
David Videcette told the Standard he noticed the men behaving suspiciously and began following them, intervening in the attack by shunting the moped with his car after seeing them pull out a knife.
Returning to the scene, he found Radcliffe looking after the victim, who was a tourist in the UK on holiday.
"It was a bit of a surreal moment," Videcette said. "I said: 'You're Daniel Radcliffe' and he replied: 'I am.'
"He was a really nice bloke, a lot of stars wouldn't have stopped to help. The victim was very, very shaken up."
A spokesperson for Radcliffe confirmed he was present but declined to comment further.
There has been a spate of incidents involving mopeds in London in recent weeks, some involving suspected acid attacks.
On 15 July the Metropolitan Police said they were called to the scene of an attempted robbery on a moped in Dagenham, where the rider was approached by two men on another moped who squirted a "noxious substance" at him.
On the same day, a man was stabbed to death by moped attackers during an early-morning altercation in Greenwich.