London metro station incident caused by bomb, top UK police officer says

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15 September 2017 at 6:53 am

People stand in the street near Parsons Green tube station in London, Britain, September 15, 2017. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

People walk past an armed police officer near Parsons Green tube station in London, Britain, September 15, 2017. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

Deputy Chief Constable Adrian Hanstock of the British Transport Police makes a statement to the media after an incident at Parsons Green underground station in London, Britain, September 15, 2017. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor

LONDON (Reuters) - British police said a bomb was used during an explosion at a London metro station which injured 18 people in what officers described as a "terrorist incident." "We now assess that this was a detonation of an improvised explosive device," Britain's top counter-terrorism officer Mark Rowley said on Friday. London's police is being supported by Britain's MI5 intelligence service, he said. (Reporting by Kate Holton and Michael Holden; writing by Costas Pitas; editing by Guy Faulconbridge)

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An injured woman speaks on her phone after an incident at Parsons Green underground station in London

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