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Breaking: London Terror ‘Bucket Bomber’ Explosive on Tube train, leaves 22 injured–Reports

Breaking: London Terror ‘Bucket Bomber’ Explosive on Tube train, leaves 22 injured–Reports New York[RR]Uk–‘Improvised device’ explodes on District Line Tube train at 8.20am on Friday. At least 22 injured, mostly with ‘flash burns’, in what Met Police describe as ‘terror incident’ Eyewitnesses describe ‘fireball’ and ‘wall of flame’ as blast went off Manhunt for ‘bucket […]

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Breaking: London Terror ‘Bucket Bomber’ Explosive on Tube train, leaves 22 injured–Reports

New York[RR]Uk–‘Improvised device’ explodes on District Line Tube train at 8.20am on Friday. At least 22 injured, mostly with ‘flash burns’, in what Met Police describe as ‘terror incident’
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An explosion on a London Tube train that sparked panic among passengers is being treated as a terrorist incident, Scotland Yard has said. Passengers, including children, fled the District Line train after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) detonated at Parsons Green Station.

Eyewitnesses described a “fireball” and a “wall of flame” through the packed London Underground train after the blast, which happened at around 8.20am on Friday, as one commuter described how his hair was left singed by the blast.

A huge investigation led by the Metropolitan Police’s Counter Terrorism Command is now underway, said Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley, with hundreds of detectives carrying out enquiries including examining CCTV, forensic work and speaking to eyewitnesses.

Asked if it was clear whether the person responsible was on the train at the time, Mr Rowley said: “It’s very much a live investigation and we are following down the lines of enquiry as I said.”

He said Londoners can expect to see an “enhanced police presence”, particularly across the transport system across the day” and called on anyone with information to contact authorities as a matter of urgency.

Chris Wildish, who was on the train, said he saw a “device” in the last carriage.

“It was a white bucket, a builder’s bucket, in a white Aldi bag or Lidl bag,” he told 5 live.

“Flames were still coming out of it when I saw it and had a lot of wires hanging out of it – I can only assume it was done on purpose.

“It was standing against the door of the rear-most carriage.”
One passenger, named only as Lucas, told BBC 5 live: “I heard a really loud explosion – when I looked back there appeared to be a bag but I don’t know if it’s associated with it.

“I saw people with minor injuries, burnings to the face, arms, legs, multiple casualties in that way. People were helping each other.”

Another witness, Sham, said he saw a man with blood all over his face.

“There were loads of people crying and shaking,” he told 5 live. “There were a lot of people limping and covered in blood.

“One guy I saw, his face was covered in blood – I’ve never seen anything like it.”

Media technology consultant Richard Aylmer-Hall, 53, was on the District Line train bound for central London when panic unfolded at around 8.20am.

He said he saw several people injured, having apparently been trampled as they tried to escape.

He told the Press Association he was reading his paper and listening to a podcast when “suddenly the whole world charged past me down the platform”.

He said: “Suddenly there was panic, lots of people shouting, screaming, lots of screaming.

“There was a woman on the platform who said she had seen a bag, a flash and a bang, so obviously something had gone off.

“It was an absolutely packed, rush-hour District Line train from Wimbledon to Edgware Road.”

Mr Aylmer-Hall added: “I saw crying women, there was lots of shouting and screaming, there was a bit of a crush on the stairs going down to the streets.

“Some people got pushed over and trampled on, I saw two women being treated by ambulance crews.

“Since then, every emergency vehicle in London has gone past me, fire engines, ambulances, every type of police vehicle.

“I don’t think anyone was hurt by the actual device or whatever it was.”
Commuter Robyn Frost was arriving at the station when she saw people trying to escape.

She told the BBC: “I walked into the station, there was blood on the floor and people running down the stairs screaming ‘get out’. People were coming out of the station covered in blood.”

She added: “People have been stretchered into ambulances now.”

BBC News presenter Sophie Raworth, who was at the scene, said she saw a woman on a stretcher with burns to her face and legs.

“I spoke to a woman, Laura Bishop, who said she was standing there and all of a sudden heard a bang – and saw a wall of flames, flames in the carriage,” she said.

“She saw people who had burns on their hair, burns on their head and the doors opened immediately.”

She added: “I have just seen a woman who was just stretchered off here and clearly her legs are wrapped up and she has burns.

“She had burns to her face – she’s conscious, she was taking oxygen and pain relief as well.

“She seemed to have burns all over her body from top to toe.”

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