Police investigate London tube stabbing as terrorist incident
Attacker who reportedly said he was reacting to Syria intervention is arrested after severely wounding man at Leytonstone station
Police have arrested a man after a knife attack on a passenger at a London underground station which they described as a terrorist incident.
The Metropolitan police’s counter-terrorism command are now investigating the stabbing in Leytonstone which witnesses claimed the attacker said his actions were linked to Syria.
The victim was believed to have been stabbed in the neck and was seen by fellow travellers lying in a pool of blood. Police officers Tasered a suspect who, as he was led away, said the attack was in response to intervention in Syria.
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