Incident reported on London Tube train

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Incident reported on London Tube train

 

Officials investigating "incident" on District Line underground train at Parsons Green, south west London.

 

Officers and ambulance service are on the scene following reports on social media of an "explosion" in a carriage.

 

Full story:  http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-41278545

 

 

-- © Copyright BBC 2017-09-15

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'A FIREBALL FLEW DOWN THE CARRIAGE'

Parsons Green Tube explosion leaves commuters with ‘facial burns and hair on fire’ sending terrified passengers ‘running for their lives’

 

Pictures from aboard a District Line train appear to show a burning plastic bucket stashed in a Lidl carrier bag amid reports of people's hair being burnt off

 

By Emma Lake

 

AN explosion on a London Underground train has left commuters with "facial burns" after a "fireball flew down a carriage".

 

Emergency services are at the scene in South London with early reports suggesting several are injured amid widespread panic.

 

There are reports of people fleeing the scene screaming with a Metro reporter saying people are "really badly burned" adding that "their hair was coming off".

 

An onlooker said a "fireball flew down a carriage" with panicked commuters diving out an open door.

 

Full story: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4470415/parsons-green-tube-explosion-facial-burns/

 

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Explosion Reportedly Hits London Underground Train

 

People suffered burns after a white container exploded at London's Parsons Garden underground station, according to local media. Police said they are aware of the incident.

 

Pictures which appeared in the wake of the incident show emergency services working at the scene and people fleeing it, causing stampede.

 

Full story: https://sputniknews.com/europe/201709151057413271-explosion-london-underground/

 

-- SPUTNIK NEWS 2017-09-15

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Blast reported on London underground train - Metro newspaper

Reuters Staff

 

 

FILE PHOTO: A London Underground sign is seen behind a locked gate, in central London December 26, 2010. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - A blast on a London underground train left some passengers with facial burns, London’s Metro newspaper reported on its website.

 

Police said they were aware of an incident at Parsons Green station in West London and that officers are in attendance. London Ambulance said paramedics were present.

 

Images posted on Twitter showed a women being attended to by emergency services sitting on a pavement.

 

Police said they were aware of reports on social media and would release facts regarding the incident once they could be sure of their accuracy.

 

Transport for London said on Twitter that there was no service between Earls Court and Wimbledon on the District Line which runs through Parsons Green.

 

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UK police investigate reports of blast on London underground train

By Kevin Coombs and Kate Holton

 

People speak with a police officer outside Parsons Green tube station in London, Britain September 15, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Heavily armed police rushed to an incident at a London underground station on Friday with local media reporting there had been an explosion on a train.

 

A Reuters witness could see six ambulances, fire engines and a helicopter at Parsons Green station in West London where the Metro newspaper reported that passengers had suffered facial burns from a blast and others had been hurt in a subsequent stampede.

 

Armed policemen stand by cordon outside Parsons Green tube station in London, Britain September 15, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs

 

Outside the station, a woman was sitting on a pavement with a bandage around her leg while armed police patrolled. A Reuters witness saw a woman being carried off on a stretcher with her legs covered in a foil blanket.

 

"We are aware of an incident at #ParsonsGreen tube station. Officers are in attendance," London police said on Twitter.

 

Police said they were aware of reports on social media and would release facts regarding the incident once they could be sure of their accuracy.

 

London Ambulance and Fire Brigade said paramedics and firefighters were present.

 

Transport for London said on Twitter that there was no service between Earls Court and Wimbledon on the District Line which runs through Parsons Green.

 

Britain has already suffered four attacks blamed on terrorists so far this year which killed 36 people.

 

(Additional Reporting by Elizabeth Piper, Yann Tessier and Costas Pitas; writing by Michael Holden; editing by Guy Faulconbridge)

 

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[elliss]

Prime Minister ,  to chair emergency  meeting , next week 

  Give  the  think tank a  clue , British based muslims . 

  Same old , same  old. 

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[katana]

Video of carriage and bucket:

 

 

[i claudius]

Police have just confirmed it was a terrorist attack

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[i claudius]

Wonder who could have done it .? Not those nice peace loving Muslims .they are not like that according to the left.oh also a soldier has just been attacked by a man with a knife in Paris by a guy shouting well i will let you guess what

 

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[7by7]

 

London mayor Sadiq Khan has released a statement on his Facebook page:

The Metropolitan Police have confirmed that the explosion on a train at Parsons Green Station this morning is being treated as terrorism.

Our city utterly condemns the hideous individuals who attempt to use terror to harm us and destroy our way of life.

As London has proven again and again, we will never be intimidated or defeated by terrorism.

I am in close contact with the Metropolitan Police, Transport for London, Government and other emergency services who are responding at the scene and leading the investigation. I will be attending the emergency COBRA meeting in Whitehall this afternoon with the Prime Minister.

My sincere gratitude goes to all our courageous emergency responders and the TfL staff who were first on the scene.

I urge all Londoners to remain calm and vigilant, and to check TfL’s website for travel advice.

Source; The Independent

[7by7]

1 minute ago, i claudius said:

Wonder who could have done it .? Not those nice peace loving Muslims .they are not like that according to the left

Certainly Islamic terrorists are the number one suspects.

 

But the majority of British Muslims, and Muslims worldwide, abhor their actions and the terrorists have repeatedly condemned as unIslamic by Muslim political and religious leaders as well as ordinary Muslims on social media, in street demonstrations etc.

[Dave67]

13 minutes ago, 7by7 said:

Certainly Islamic terrorists are the number one suspects.

 

But the majority of British Muslims, and Muslims worldwide, abhor their actions and the terrorists have repeatedly condemned as unIslamic by Muslim political and religious leaders as well as ordinary Muslims on social media, in street demonstrations etc.

In this case, action speaks louder than words

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Several hurt in 'terrorist' incident on London underground train

Police officers and sniffer dogs walk near Parsons Green tube station in London, Britain September 15, 2017. REUTERS/Hannah McKa

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Several people were injured at a London underground station on Friday after witnesses reported a blast on a packed rush-hour commuter train which police were treating as a terrorism incident.

 

Emergency services said they had been called to reports of a fire on a train at Parsons Green station in West London at 8.20 a.m. (0720 GMT)

 

"It is too early to confirm the cause of the fire, which will be subject to the investigation that is now underway by the Met's Counter Terrorism Command," London police said in a statement.

 

Commissioner Neil Basu, the senior national coordinator for counter-terrorism policing, had declared it a terrorist incident, the statement said.

 

The Metro newspaper reported that passengers had suffered facial burns from a blast and others had been hurt in a subsequent stampede.

 

An unverified picture circulating on social media showed a white bucket with a supermarket freezer bag on the floor of one train carriage. The bucket was in flames and there appeared to be wires coming out of the top.

 

"I was on second carriage from the back. I just heard a kind of whoosh. I looked up and saw the whole carriage engulfed in flames making its way towards me," Ola Fayankinnu, who was on the train, told Reuters.

 

"A lot of people were trampled on. There were phones, hats, bags all over the place and when I looked back I saw a bag with flames. People were crying, shocked, a few people had been injured, some people had been trampled."

 

Outside the station, a woman was sitting on a pavement with a bandage around her leg, while armed police patrolled. A Reuters witness saw a woman being carried off on a stretcher with her legs covered in a foil blanket.

 

"We are aware of an incident at #ParsonsGreen tube station. Officers are in attendance," London police said on Twitter.

 

"We would advise people to avoid the area."

 

Police said they were aware of reports on social media but said they would release facts regarding the incident once they could be sure of their accuracy.

 

"KEEP CALM"

 

"Everybody should keep calm and go about their lives in as normal a way as they possibly can," Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson told BBC TV.

 

Television footage showed passengers being escorted off a carriage while a Reuters witness saw armed police scouring a stationary train.

 

A Reuters witness could see a bomb disposal unit at the scene while the fire brigade said it had sent six engines and 50 firefighters. London Ambulance said it had sent "multiple resources" including its hazardous area response team to the scene.

 

"Our initial priority is to assess the level and nature of injuries," it said.

 

Transport for London said on Twitter there was no service on the western part of the District Line which runs through Parsons Green.

 

Britain has suffered four attacks blamed on terrorists so far this year which killed 36 people. In 2005, 52 people were killed when four British Islamists carried out suicide bomb attacks on three London underground trains and a bus.

 

(Additional reporting by Kate Holton, Elizabeth Piper, Yann Tessier and Costas Pitas; writing by Michael Holden; editing by Guy Faulconbridge and Janet Lawrence)

 

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2017-09-15

[JHolmesJr]

23 minutes ago, i claudius said:

…. a soldier has just been attacked by a man with a knife in Paris by a guy shouting well i will let you guess what

 

Hannah O'Hanlan!?

[Dave67]

This is becoming a regular occurrence across Europe, too late to stop it happening now, imo

[Regyai]

They'll probably declare it a moderate bucket placed by a person with mental problems ... so no worries

[i claudius]

 
Hannah O'Hanlan!?

Close but not quite i think it was Alans Snackbar

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[7by7]

8 minutes ago, Dave67 said:

In this case, action speaks louder than words

 

The actions of whom?

 

The 23,000 British Muslims suspected by the security services of being Islamic terrorists or supporters of Islamic terrorism: or the approx. 2.75 million British Muslims who are neither: many of whom not only publicly condemn the terrorists, but also give vital intelligence to the security services?

[i claudius]

Certainly Islamic terrorists are the number one suspects.
 
But the majority of British Muslims, and Muslims worldwide, abhor their actions and the terrorists have repeatedly condemned as unIslamic by Muslim political and religious leaders as well as ordinary Muslims on social media, in street demonstrations etc.

Oh Muslim terrorists are the no 1 suspects are they? Well i never i mean it could have been so many other terror groups that are targeting the west couldnt it? Maybe the seventh day adventists. And as for the majority of Muslims well after working amongst them for God knows how many years i know what they think of us non believers.

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[7by7]

5 minutes ago, i claudius said:

Oh Muslim terrorists are the no 1 suspects are they? Well i never i mean it could have been so many other terror groups that are targeting the west couldnt it? Maybe the seventh day adventists. And as for the majority of Muslims well after working amongst them for God knows how many years i know what they think of us non believers.

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It seems you agree with Oscar Wilde when he said “Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit, but the highest form of intelligence!” Though I believe he was being sarcastic!

 

Working amongst Muslims may have taught you what they think of you; but not necessarily what they think of others. Certainly the many Muslims I know, had as neighbours and have worked with for many years have as much respect for me and my rights as I have for them and theirs.

[i claudius]

It seems you agree with Oscar Wilde when he said “Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit, but the highest form of intelligence!” Though I believe he was being sarcastic!
 
Working amongst Muslims may have taught you what they think of you; but not necessarily what they think of others. Certainly the many Muslims I know, had as neighbours and have worked with for many years have as much respect for me and my rights as I have for them and theirs.

Oh if we are going to quote Oscar.then this one covers Muslims
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask and he will tell the truth.
Think about it.

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[Dave67]

38 minutes ago, 7by7 said:

 

The actions of whom?

 

The 23,000 British Muslims suspected by the security services of being Islamic terrorists or supporters of Islamic terrorism: or the approx. 2.75 million British Muslims who are neither: many of whom not only publicly condemn the terrorists, but also give vital intelligence to the security services?

Not enough though is it? Because it keeps happening again and again and again

[Dave67]

People like my son and daughter are worried about traveling on the Tube since 7/7. What have the "Moderates" done since then to stop these extremist acts, NOWT

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[roo860]

Apparently a 2nd device has been diffused.

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[7by7]

1 hour ago, i claudius said:

Oh if we are going to quote Oscar.then this one covers Muslims
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask and he will tell the truth.
Think about it.

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 Covers all Muslims? Really?

 

You talk a lot in your 'own person' about your experience with Muslims; so how does that quote relate to you?

[canuckamuck]

2 hours ago, i claudius said:

Wonder who could have done it .? Not those nice peace loving Muslims .they are not like that according to the left.oh also a soldier has just been attacked by a man with a knife in Paris by a guy shouting well i will let you guess what

 

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Hello, a snack bar!

[7by7]

1 hour ago, Dave67 said:

Not enough though is it? Because it keeps happening again and again and again

 As someone who lived through The Troubles and once narrowly avoided being blown up by the IRA, the friends I was on my way to meet were not so lucky, I remember that those terrorist attacks kept on happening. But no one blamed the Irish people, they, rightly so, blamed the terrorists.

 

As The troubles showed, terrorism cannot be defeated overnight, but defeated it can and will be. 

 

1 hour ago, Dave67 said:

People like my son and daughter are worried about traveling on the Tube since 7/7. 

Well, I'm sorry about your son and daughter; were they actually on one of the trains or the bus at the time?

 

Such trauma effects people in different ways, and the vast majority of Londoners, and those who commute into or visit London every day, have no such worries. In these times vigilance, yes; fear, no.

 

1 hour ago, Dave67 said:

What have the "Moderates" done since then to stop these extremist acts, NOWT

Nowt, except:

• providing intelligence to the security services;
• expelling extremists from their mosques;
• running initiatives to educate young Muslims away from extremism (I don't mean the much maligned Prevent);
• demonstrating against extremism and terrorism on social media and in the streets;
• condemning atrocities whenever they occur;
• etc., etc..

That's just British Muslims. Worldwide Muslims have done the same and more. For example, Muslim religious leaders have issued fatwas condemning the terrorists. Muslim soldiers have been fighting against, and dying, ISIS and others, and in the Middle East.

 

So what more do you suggest they should do?

[i claudius]

What more can they do .well leave the west and go back to nice Muslim countrys for a start

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[7by7]

So you want decent, law abiding people, many of whom were born in the UK and other Western countries, as were their parents and grandparents; many of whom provide essential services in the police, NHS and other emergency services, many of whom serve in their country's armed forces and have been decorated and died in that service, to be forced to leave? 

 

How would you go about that? Round them all up into special camps awaiting your final solution?