Hunt on for bomber after explosion in London

Last updated: September 15, 2017 at 19:47 pm

Police in London are hunting for those behind an explosion on a Tube train this morning that left at least 22 people injured.

WIC News has been told that there could be children among those hurt during the rush hour blast. School pupils could be seen getting evacuated from the train after police arrived.

None of the injuries are believed to be life threatening. Most victims suffered flash burns.

Some were injured in the panic following the explosion.

One witnesses said that they saw people running from the carriage "covered in blood”.

Terror police and forensics teams are at the scene, which has been cordoned off, along with other members of the emergency services.

Mark Rowley, Britain senior anti-terror policeman, said: "We now assess this was a detonation of an improvised explosive device."

Images and videos posted online show a flaming bucket on the floor of the train carriage, tucked inside a supermarket carrier bag. Wires appear to be coming from the bucket.

[caption id="attachment_5657" align="aligncenter" width="500"] The source of the explosion. ©Twitter/andyjohnw[/caption]

‘Scary moment’

WIC News editor-at-large Benjamin Parker, who was in London this morning, was told by a woman caught up in the incident that “there was a moment – and it seemed to go on for a long time – that everyone was really quite scared.

"There was panic, and I thought worse was to come."

The mood in the capital is relatively calm at the moment, Parker added, although there is a noticeable police presence on the streets.

Prime Minister Theresa May was "receiving regular updates" on the situation and was to lead a meeting of the Government's emergency COBRA committee.

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has appealed for calm and vowed London "will never be intimidated or defeated by terrorism".

[caption id="attachment_5655" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Emergency services outside Parsons Green Tube station. ©Twitter/ASolopovas[/caption]

World leaders, including Germany’s Angela Merkel and US President Donald Trump, have condemned the attack.

WIC News has not yet seen a statement from any Caribbean leader.

Britain has suffered four attacks blamed on terrorists so far this year, killing 36 people. The country remains on high alert.

In 2005, 52 people were killed when four British Islamists carried out suicide bomb attacks on three London underground trains and a bus.