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Images from Parsons Green Tube station in London after the blast

An explosion on a London Underground train that injured 22 people on Friday was caused by an "improvised explosive device", police said.
The explosion at Parsons Green Tube station sent commuters stampeding in panic, injuring 22 people on Friday at the height of London's morning rush hour, and police said they were investigating it as a terrorist attack. (Photo | AFP)
The explosion at Parsons Green Tube station sent commuters stampeding in panic, injuring 22 people on Friday at the height of London's morning rush hour, and police said they were investigating it as a terrorist attack. (Photo | AFP)
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London ambulance service said they had sent multiple crews to the Parsons Green station and 22 people were hospitalized, though none had life-threatening injuries. (Photo | AP)
London ambulance service said they had sent multiple crews to the Parsons Green station and 22 people were hospitalized, though none had life-threatening injuries. (Photo | AP)
This is an image made from video showing burning items in underground train at the scene of an explosion in London. The photo taken inside the train shows a white plastic bucket inside a foil-lined shopping bag. Flames and what appear to be wires emerge from the top. (Photo | AP)
This is an image made from video showing burning items in underground train at the scene of an explosion in London. The photo taken inside the train shows a white plastic bucket inside a foil-lined shopping bag. Flames and what appear to be wires emerge from the top. (Photo | AP)
London's Metropolitan Police said counter terrorism investigators were at the Parsons Green subway station in the southwest of the capital and that 'a number' of people were injured in what they described as a fire. Several people appeared to have burn injuries. (Photo | Twitter/ London fire brigade)
London's Metropolitan Police said counter terrorism investigators were at the Parsons Green subway station in the southwest of the capital and that 'a number' of people were injured in what they described as a fire. Several people appeared to have burn injuries. (Photo | Twitter/ London fire brigade)
The incident would be the fifth terror attack in six months in Britain since March, when a lone attacker mowed down pedestrians and stabbed a police officer outside the British parliament. (Photo | AP)
The incident would be the fifth terror attack in six months in Britain since March, when a lone attacker mowed down pedestrians and stabbed a police officer outside the British parliament. (Photo | AP)
The London Underground has been targeted several times, notably in July 2005, when suicide bombers blew themselves up on three subway trains and a bus, killing 52 people and themselves. Four more bombers tried a similar attack two weeks later, but their devices failed to fully explode. (Photo | AP)
The London Underground has been targeted several times, notably in July 2005, when suicide bombers blew themselves up on three subway trains and a bus, killing 52 people and themselves. Four more bombers tried a similar attack two weeks later, but their devices failed to fully explode. (Photo | AP)
Last year Damon Smith, a student with an interest in weapons and Islamic extremism, left a knapsack filled with explosives and ball bearings on a London subway train. It failed to explode. In its recent Inspire magazine, al-Qaida urged supporters to target trains. (Photo | AP)
Last year Damon Smith, a student with an interest in weapons and Islamic extremism, left a knapsack filled with explosives and ball bearings on a London subway train. It failed to explode. In its recent Inspire magazine, al-Qaida urged supporters to target trains. (Photo | AP)
Armed police and sniffer dogs were seen on the train and around the station, which is set in a leafy suburb of southwest London popular with well-off commuters and filled with chic cafes. (Photo | AP)
Armed police and sniffer dogs were seen on the train and around the station, which is set in a leafy suburb of southwest London popular with well-off commuters and filled with chic cafes. (Photo | AP)
An injured woman is assisted by a police officer close to Parsons Green station in west London after an explosion on a packed London Underground train. (Photo | AP)
An injured woman is assisted by a police officer close to Parsons Green station in west London after an explosion on a packed London Underground train. (Photo | AP)
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