London metro station incident caused by bomb, top UK police officer says
LONDON - British police said a bomb was used during an explosion at a London metro station which injured 18 people in what officers described as a "terrorist incident" on Friday (Sept 15).
Personal belongings and a bucket with an item on fire inside it, are seen on the floor of an underground train carriage at Parsons Green station in West London, United Kingdom. photo: REUTERS
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LONDON - British police said a bomb was used during an explosion at a London metro station which injured 18 people in what officers described as a "terrorist incident" on Friday (Sept 15).
"We now assess that this was a detonation of an improvised explosive device," Britain's top counter-terrorism officer Mark Rowley said on Friday.
London's police is being supported by Britain's MI5 intelligence service, he said. REUTERS
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