Parsons Green train bombing
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On 15 September 2017, at around 08:20 BST (07:20 UTC), an explosion occurred on a District line train at Parsons Green Underground station, in London, England. Thirty people were treated in hospital or an urgent care centre, mostly for burn injuries, by a botched, crude "bucket bomb" with a timer containing the explosive chemical TATP.[4][5][3] Police arrested the main suspect, 18-year-old Iraqi asylum seeker Ahmed Hassan, in a departure area of the Port of Dover the next day, and subsequently raided several addresses, including the foster home of an elderly couple in Sunbury-on-Thames where Hassan lived[6][7][8] following his arrival in the United Kingdom two years earlier claiming to be an asylum seeker.
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Part of Islamic terrorism in Europe | |
Location | Parsons Green Underground station, London TQ 249 766 |
Coordinates | 51°28′31″N 0°12′4″W |
Date | 15 September 2017 (2017-09-15) 08:20 (BST) |
Target | London Underground, civilians |
Weapons | IED (Improvised explosive device) |
Injured | 30[1][2] |
Perpetrator | Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant |
Assailants | Ahmed Hassan |
Motive | Islamic extremism |
Inquiry | [3] |
The incident was classified by Europol as a case of jihadist terrorism.[9]