An eyewitness told Mirror Online: "I came out of Stratford station and the (attacker) was drawing attention to himself with how loud he was being. (Image: PA)A Twitter user wrote: "Wow wow wow ... walk out of Stratford station to someone wacking man up with a hammer ... ffs over a cigarette too." Another eyewitness added: "Whoah lively tuesday morning some nutjob hit some innocent guy over the head with a hammer over a cigarette outside stratford station." Another wrote: "Somethings going on at Stratford station. "If you were at Stratford station this morning and witnessed the assault, please contact BTP by sending a text to 61016 or by calling 0800 40 50 40 quoting reference 49 of 30/10/2018."

Source: Daily Mirror October 30, 2018 07:03 UTC