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Islamic State group claims London attack

By AFP
15 September 2017   |   7:22 pm
The Islamic State group on Friday claimed responsibility for a bomb attack on a packed London Underground train the same day that injured at least 29 people.

Members of the London Fire Brigade emergency service work near Parsons Green underground tube station in west London on September 15, 2017, following an incident on an underground tube carriage at the station. At least 22 people were injured after a bomb detonated on a packed London Underground train at Parsons Green station during the morning rush hour on Friday in what police are treating as a “terrorist incident”. Adrian DENNIS / AFP

The Islamic State group on Friday claimed responsibility for a bomb attack on a packed London Underground train the same day that injured at least 29 people.

“The bombing on a metro in London was carried out by a detachment of the Islamic State” group, it said in a statement published by its Amaq propaganda agency.

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