What to Know About the Explosion on a London Underground Train

At least 18 people have been injured after an explosion on a London Underground train that police are treating as a terrorist incident. Counterterrorism police are investigating the explosion, which was caused by an improvised explosive device (IED), that took place during rush hour. Images of a white bucket on fire next to a door are being shared widely on social media, but it has not been confirmed as the device. The police were called to the scene at Parsons Green station in southwest London on Friday morning. London’s transport authority has extended a suspension of the line that ran through the station, and ambulance services are on the scene. Here’s what we know so far: What happened? The explosion occurred in one of the train’s rear carriages, a reporter for the London daily Metro said. Some were “really badly burned” and their “hair was coming off,” the reporter, who was at the scene when it happened, said according to the Metro. A passenger on the District line train, which was heading towards central London, said that the packed train suddenly emptied following the apparent blast. He told the news agency PA that those injured appeared to have been hurt in the panicked stampede. “Suddenly there was panic, lots of people shouting, screaming, lots of screaming, ” he said, according to PA. “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.&#...
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