Cops hunt ‘Reading FC fans’ after smoke bomb is let off on packed train – one day after Parsons Green terror attack that left 30 injured
COPS are trying to find a group of footie fans who allegedly let off a smoke bomb on a crowded train just a day after the Parsons Green terror attack in London.
Footage posted to Twitter shows the men, who are believed to be Reading FC fans, singing, dancing and banging the ceiling as the carriage fills with smoke.
Tensions are high and Britain is at the highest security level of "critical" after 30 people were injured when a bomb partially detonated at Parsons Green Underground Station.
Reading FC drew 1-1 with Brentford in West London today - a 20 minute journey from Parsons Green.
It is not known which of the men who appear in the video set off the smoke bomb or when the footage was recorded.
The Twitter user who posted the video says one of the men pressed the emergency stop button.
Twitter users were astonished at the stunt, with one calling it "ridiculously stupid".
One said: "After yesterday's tube incident! This shows a great deal of maturity and responsibility.
"Embarassing!"
British Transport Police urged anyone with information to contact officers immediately.
Yesterday's bomb struck as passengers were travelling to the centre of the capital.
Some suffered burns and others were injured in a stampede to escape from the station, one of the above-ground stops on the Underground network. Health officials said none was thought to be in a serious condition.
What we know so far:
- A homemade bucket bomb connected to a timer sent a "fireball" hurtling through an eastbound District Line Tube at Parsons Green at around 8.20am on Saturday
- The Metropolitan Police confirmed they are treating the horror as a terror attack
- 30 people were injured including a young boy believed to have suffered serious burns to his legs
- British police arrested an 18-year-old man in the ferry departure area of the port of Dover on Saturday
- Hours later, police raided a house in a commuter town southwest of London, and evacuated nearby premises as a precaution
- Cops are keeping an "open mind" about if anyone else is involved
- Prime Minister Theresa May put Britain on the highest security level of "critical"
Ola Fayankinnu told Reuters: "I was on the second carriage from the back. I just heard a kind of 'whoosh'.
"I looked up and saw the whole carriage engulfed in flames making its way towards me."
"There were phones, hats, bags all over the place and when I looked back I saw a bag with flames."
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