An explosion on a London Underground train this morning that sent a “huge” fireball through a packed carriage is being treated as a terrorist related incident, police said. Passengers on the District Line train fled in terror after a container in a plastic Lidl shopping bag appeared to explode near a train door, sending a fireball through the carriage. Police officers on the scene at Parsons Green, southwest London, have told people that it was a terrorist attack. However, a spokeswoman for the Metropolitan police said that further reports of a man with a knife on the scene were not true. An injured woman is led away from the scene following the explosion Times photographer Jack HillPassengers’ photos and videos of the suspected explosive…

Source: The Times September 15, 2017 08:03 UTC