Parsons Green train bombing
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. 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 following his arrival in the United Kingdom two years earlier claiming to be an asylum seeker.
| Parsons Green train bombing | |
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| Part of Islamic terrorism in Europe | |
Police on Parsons Green, following the bombing | |
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| Location | Parsons Green Underground station, London TQ 249 766 |
| Coordinates | 51°28′31″N 0°12′4″W |
| Date | 15 September 2017 08:20 (BST) |
| Target | London Underground, civilians |
| Weapons | IED (Improvised explosive device) |
| Injured | 30 |
| Perpetrator | Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant |
| Assailants | Ahmed Hassan |
| Motive | Islamic extremism |
| Inquiry | |
The incident was classified by Europol as a case of jihadist terrorism.