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London, September 15
An improvised explosive device (IED) exploded on a packed train at a London underground station today, injuring at least 22 persons in the fifth terrorist attack this year, which Prime Minister Theresa May said was “clearly intended to cause significant harm”.
The explosion, on a District Line Tube in the British capital’s southwest, occurred as the train pulled into Parsons Green station. Commuters said they heard a bang and saw a fireball inside the carriage when the “bucket bomb” exploded. Several people suffered facial burns, some reportedly were trampled in the rush to escape.
Pictures of a white bucket on fire inside a supermarket bag, with wires trailing on to the carriage floor of the train, went viral. Investigators were examining what appeared to be a circuit board recovered from the scene.
Scotland Yard said it was a terror incident. A hunt is on for a suspect the British media labelled as the “bucket bomber”. Some reports indicated that the suspect had been identified after investigators reviewed the CCTV footage at the station.
This is the fifth terrorism incident in the UK this year. But it’s the only one in 2017 in which nobody has died. The previous four saw 36 persons killed. The London Ambulance Service said 18 persons had been taken to hospital and four more had reached there on their own.
Prime Minister May, after an emergency response COBRA committee meeting, said UK’s terror threat level remained unchanged for now, at “severe”, the second highest.
