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The Latest on Subway Incident: London Ambulance says
LONDON (AP) ‐ The Latest on an incident at a subway station in London (all times local):11:25 a.m. The London Ambulance Service says 18 people have been taken to hospitals after a fire at a subway station that police are calling a terrorist attack. The ambulance service says none of the injuries is thought to be serious or life-threatening. Passengers reported seeing people with burns to their faces and bodies after the fire on a Tube train at Parsons Green station. The ambulance sevrice says it was called at 8:30 a.m. Friday and the first crews were on the scene within five minutes. 11:05 a.m. The mayor of London says the city "will never be intimidated or defeated by terrorism." Sadiq Khan says the city "utterly condemns the hideous individuals who attempt to use terror to harm us and destroy our way of life." He says Londoners should remain "calm and vigilant" after a fire on a subway train that police are calling a terrorism incident. London has been targeted by attackers several times this year, with vehicle attacks near Parliament, on London Bridge and near a mosque in Finsbury Park in north London. Khan says he will be attending a meeting of the government’s COBRA emergency committee with Prime Minister Theresa May later.
Terrorism analyst Magnus Ranstorp with the Swedish Defense University says Londoners have been very fortunate because the bomb placed on a subway appears not to have fully detonated. After studying photos of the device, he said Friday the bomb had only “partially” burned since much of the device and its casing remained intact. He said that will make it easy for police and security services to determine what chemicals and methods were used to make the bomb. He says “they were really lucky with this one, it could have really become much worse.” He said the bomber chose to conceal the device in a bucket and a plastic shopping bag rather than a backpack. He also says, from the photos, “it seems that this was hastily put together. Probably not very well mixed together.” In all, 22 people were wounded by the bomb on Friday.
Posted by: Besoeker 2017-09-15 |
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