Anti-terror police
are now investigating after eyewitnesses claimed they could the
29-year-old man shout ‘this is for Syria’ and ‘all of your blood will be
spilled’ during the frightening ordeal.
Terrified
children ran for safety with their parents as a victim was left on the
floor of the ticket hall lying in a large pool of blood.
The standoff occurred around 7pm last night and left one man with serious wounds, while two others suffered minor injuries.
Witnesses said that until police arrived, the knifeman, 29, attacked people at random for up to ten minutes screaming: ‘This is what happens when you f*** with mother Syria. All of your blood will be spilled.’
However, one onlooker defiantly shouted back to him: ‘You ain’t no Muslim bruv.’ Another called out: ‘Drop it, you fool.’
After
reportedly slashing his victim’s throat, the man allegedly threatened
several other passengers before being confronted by a number of unarmed
police officers.
Despite officers
ordering the man to drop his weapon, he continued to wave the large
knife. One video shows the man lunge towards the police, with witnesses
shouting ‘he’s stabbed someone’.
One of the officers reportedly shouted ‘Taser, Taser, Taser’ before discharging the weapon.
The
first attempt at Tasering him failed, but the second sent him sprawling
to the ground. It is understood the man needed several bolts of
electricity.
One of the victims, a man
aged 56, was left with serious injuries and rushed to hospital with a
police escort while two other people suffered minor wounds. None were
life-threatening.
Today a Metropolitan Police spokesperson said the man remained in police custody, though no charges had yet been laid.
The incident has now been handed over to the Metropolitan Police’s Counter Terrorism Command.
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