ESAT News (September 15, 2017)
An “improvised explosive device” was detonated on a Tube train in south-west London during Friday’s morning rush hour injuring at least 22 people, Scotland Yard has confirmed.
The BBC report said the blast, at Parsons Green station on a District Line train from Wimbledon, is being treated as terrorism.
Twenty-two people have been treated in hospitals, mostly for burns, though at least eight have now been discharged.
The report said a hunt for the person who placed the device is under way and the area around the station has been evacuated.
Specialist officers there are securing the remains of the improvised device and ensuring it is stable.
Prime Minister Theresa May condemned the “cowardly” attack, which she said had “intended to cause significant harm”.
She said the UK’s terror threat level would remain at severe – the second highest – but would be under review.