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Oxford Circus panic: Pair released after police questioning | Oxford Circus panic: Pair released after police questioning |
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Two men questioned over an altercation that sparked panic in London's Oxford Street on Friday have been released without charge, police have said. | Two men questioned over an altercation that sparked panic in London's Oxford Street on Friday have been released without charge, police have said. |
The pair - aged 21 and 40 - were quizzed on Saturday after attending a police station voluntarily. | The pair - aged 21 and 40 - were quizzed on Saturday after attending a police station voluntarily. |
British Transport Police are investigating after panic erupted inside Oxford Circus Tube station. | British Transport Police are investigating after panic erupted inside Oxford Circus Tube station. |
A number of people were injured, with nine hospitalised, after people fled the station amid reports of shooting. | |
Armed police were sent to the scene and initially treated the incident as potentially terror-related. | |
However, officers said they had found no evidence that any gunshots were fired. | |
Police later said the incident - which resulted in the temporary closure of two Tube stations - may have been caused by an altercation between two men on a Central Line platform. | |
They released CCTV images of two men they wanted to speak to in connection with the incident. | They released CCTV images of two men they wanted to speak to in connection with the incident. |
'No criminal proceedings' | |
Confirming that two men had now been released, a spokeswoman for British Transport Police said: "There are no criminal proceedings against them. | |
"They have not been arrested or charged." | "They have not been arrested or charged." |
Officers are still going through CCTV footage and speaking to witnesses, the force said. | |
No further suspects are being sought. | |
Oxford Circus - where Oxford Street and Regent Street meet - was cordoned off during the incident, while shops and businesses were placed in lockdown. | |
Shoppers were barricaded inside stores in Oxford Street, as armed police were deployed. | |
However, within 90 minutes the officers had been stood down. | |
Paramedics said people were injured in the rush to flee the station, described by eyewitnesses as a "stampede". |
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