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| Finsbury Park 'stabbing': Police hunt for attacker after man injured on Tube | Finsbury Park 'stabbing': Police hunt for attacker after man injured on Tube |
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| Armed police are searching for a man on the London Underground after a 63-year-old man received cuts to his body and face at Finsbury Park Tube station. | Armed police are searching for a man on the London Underground after a 63-year-old man received cuts to his body and face at Finsbury Park Tube station. |
| Following the report of an injured man, British Transport Police and the London Ambulance Service were called to the southbound Victoria line platform at station at 1:48pm this afternoon. | Following the report of an injured man, British Transport Police and the London Ambulance Service were called to the southbound Victoria line platform at station at 1:48pm this afternoon. |
| A spokesman for the BTP said that a search of an Underground train was carried out. | A spokesman for the BTP said that a search of an Underground train was carried out. |
| "Armed BTP officers searching for a possible suspect met a southbound Victoria line train at King's Cross St Pancras Underground station and conducted a search of the train," he said. | "Armed BTP officers searching for a possible suspect met a southbound Victoria line train at King's Cross St Pancras Underground station and conducted a search of the train," he said. |
| "A 63-year-old man was taken to hospital with cuts to his body and face." | "A 63-year-old man was taken to hospital with cuts to his body and face." |
| The spokesman said no arrests had been made. | The spokesman said no arrests had been made. |
| The Victoria line service was been disrupted as a result, but a tube spokesman said normal service had resumed by 3:20pm. | The Victoria line service was been disrupted as a result, but a tube spokesman said normal service had resumed by 3:20pm. |
| Liam O'Hare tweeted that he saw a man "covered in blood" getting onto a train at the station and that other passengers on the train said they saw a "blade". | |
| Re Finsbury Park incident: Man got onto train covered in blood after brief clash with another passenger. | |
| Should mention that I didn't see the weapon myself but others passengers around me did. Wounds,fingers crossed,did not seem life-threatening | |
| This article will be updated shortly | This article will be updated shortly |