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| Leytonstone Tube station 'terror attack': Police appeal for footage | Leytonstone Tube station 'terror attack': Police appeal for footage |
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| Police investigating a "terrorist incident" at an east London Tube station have urged witnesses who filmed the stabbing to share their footage with detectives. | |
| A 56-year-old man was seriously wounded at Leytonstone in east London at 19:06 GMT on Saturday. | A 56-year-old man was seriously wounded at Leytonstone in east London at 19:06 GMT on Saturday. |
| The knifeman reportedly shouted "this is for Syria". | The knifeman reportedly shouted "this is for Syria". |
| A man, 29, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and a residential address in London is being searched. | A man, 29, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and a residential address in London is being searched. |
| The 56-year-old is believed to be in a stable condition in hospital. A second man received minor injuries in the attack and a woman was threatened but unhurt. | The 56-year-old is believed to be in a stable condition in hospital. A second man received minor injuries in the attack and a woman was threatened but unhurt. |
| Police Tasered the suspect, who remains in police custody. The stabbing is being investigated by the Metropolitan Police Service's counter terrorism officers. | Police Tasered the suspect, who remains in police custody. The stabbing is being investigated by the Metropolitan Police Service's counter terrorism officers. |
| Downing Street said it was monitoring the situation closely. | Downing Street said it was monitoring the situation closely. |
| Fellow passengers reportedly shouted at the man to drop his weapon and one person shouted "You ain't no Muslim bruv," a sentiment that has been picked up on social media by people trying to disown and sideline the attacker. | Fellow passengers reportedly shouted at the man to drop his weapon and one person shouted "You ain't no Muslim bruv," a sentiment that has been picked up on social media by people trying to disown and sideline the attacker. |
| Commander Richard Walton, of the counter terrorism unit said: "I am aware that there were a number of members of the public in the underground station who filmed the suspect on their mobile phones during and after the attack and I would urge them to come forward and speak to us and share with us the filming that they carried out. | Commander Richard Walton, of the counter terrorism unit said: "I am aware that there were a number of members of the public in the underground station who filmed the suspect on their mobile phones during and after the attack and I would urge them to come forward and speak to us and share with us the filming that they carried out. |
| "I would continue to urge the public to remain calm, but alert and vigilant. The threat from terrorism remains at severe, which means that a terrorist attack is highly likely." | "I would continue to urge the public to remain calm, but alert and vigilant. The threat from terrorism remains at severe, which means that a terrorist attack is highly likely." |
| A witness told the BBC he saw a man holding a knife, about 3in (7.5cm) long, standing over another man who was lying on the ground, and people running out of the Central Line station. | A witness told the BBC he saw a man holding a knife, about 3in (7.5cm) long, standing over another man who was lying on the ground, and people running out of the Central Line station. |
| Michael Garcia, 24, a financial analyst from Leytonstone, said he was walking along an underground passage that runs through the station when he saw people running outside. | Michael Garcia, 24, a financial analyst from Leytonstone, said he was walking along an underground passage that runs through the station when he saw people running outside. |
| "I realised it wasn't a fight but something more sinister," he said. | "I realised it wasn't a fight but something more sinister," he said. |
| He said he saw "a guy, an adult, lying on the floor with a guy standing next to him brandishing a knife of about three inches... maybe a hobby knife". | |
| "It had a thin blade, but looked fairly long," Mr Garcia said. | "It had a thin blade, but looked fairly long," Mr Garcia said. |
| Roy Ramm, a former Met Police commander, said the attack appeared to be "random" and was "not like the Lee Rigby attack on a soldier." | |
| He said the knifeman did not appear to have an exit strategy. | |
| Leytonstone Islamic Association released a statement in which it strongly condemned any sort of violence. |