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Photos| London tube blast: Police declare explosion terrorist incident
London police and ambulances descended upon the Parsons Green subway station Friday after a reported explosion on a train standing at the platform. London's Metropolitan Police and ambulance services have declared the incident terrorism related in the capital's southwest.
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An explosion on a London underground train on Friday morning left several passengers with burn injuries on the face and hair on fire. Heavily armed police were seen rushing to the Parsons Green station on the District line, said media reports. ‘We are aware of an incident at Parsons Green tube station. Officers are in attendance,’ London police said on Twitter. (Kevin Coombs / REUTERS)
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Unverified photos taken inside a District Line train show a white plastic bucket inside a supermarket shopping bag. Flames and what appear to be wires can be seen. Police say it’s ‘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.’ (Sylvain Pennec / REUTERS)
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An injured woman reacts outside Parsons Green tube station in London, Britain September 15, 2017. (Kevin Coombs / REUTERS)
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Armed police officers walk through a carriage of a London underground tube train at Parsons Green station in London. ‘Deputy Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu, the senior national coordinator for CT policing, has declared it a terrorist incident,’ the Metropolitan Police said in a statement. (Hannah McKay / REUTERS)
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Emergency services attend the scene following a blast on an underground train at Parsons Green tube station in West London, Britain September 15, 2017. (TWITTER / @ASolopovas / via REUTERS)
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Armed policemen stand by cordon outside Parsons Green tube station in London, Britain September 15, 2017. (Kevin Coombs / REUTERS)
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People speak with a police officer outside Parsons Green tube station in London, Britain September 15, 2017. (Kevin Coombs / REUTERS)
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Members of a bomb disposal squad stand in the street near Parsons Green tube station in London, Britain September 15, 2017. (Kevin Coombs / REUTERS)
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