by Alexandra del Peral Agance France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain raised its threat level to maximum on Friday and announced troops would be deployed to key sites after a bomb detonated on a packed London Underground train, injuring at least 29 people in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group. The explosion — Britain’s fifth terror attack in six months — sparked a “wall of fire” that left passengers with burns and caused a stampede […]
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22 injured in London Underground bomb attack
by Alexandra del Peral Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — At least 22 people were injured after a bomb detonated on a packed London Underground train during the morning rush hour on Friday in what police are treating as a “terrorist incident.” Witnesses reported seeing passengers covered in blood and with facial burns and hair coming off at Parsons Green station in west London after the explosion on the train. “At 8:20 this […]
Passengers badly burned in London Underground train terrorist ‘incident’
by Alexandra Del Peral Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Passengers were seen “badly burned” following a possible explosion on a London Underground train, eyewitnesses said on Friday, as emergency services said they were responding to an “incident.” British police are treating an incident on a London Underground train on Friday as an act of terrorism, saying “a number of people” had been injured. “Terrorist incident declared at Parsons Green Underground Station,” police […]





