- SITE Intel Group tweeted that ISIS supporters were ‘rejoicing’ after the attack
- At least 22 people have been injured after a bomb went off on the Underground
- ISIS have not claimed responsibility for the attack which took place this morning
- The bombing is the fifth major terror attack to hit Britain this year
ISIS have reportedly said this morning’s terror attack has ‘demonstrated a weakness’ in UK security.
The Islamic terror group’s supporters are ‘rejoicing’ after hearing news of an explosion on a London Underground train at Parsons Green station, according to SITE Intel Group.
The intelligence organisation, which has access to terrorist correspondence, tweeted: ‘As #ISIS supporters celebrate news on #LondonExplosion, one remarked that the incident demonstrates “weakness” in UK security.’
Pictures on social media show a bucket alight on the underground train after the explosion
ISIS have not claimed responsibility for the attack in which a crudely made bomb shot a ‘wall of fire’ through a District Line carriage, injuring at least 18 people.
Terrified passengers ‘ran for their lives’ and were seen covered in blood with scorched hands, legs, faces and hair after the incident in west London at 8.20am.
Photographs show what experts believe is a ‘pretty unsophisticated’ bomb in a flaming white bucket inside a Lidl freezer bag with Christmas lights protruding out of the top – a type of fuse encouraged by ISIS in its online manuals and magazines.
Flames engulfed one carriage and raced along a train on a west London route to Parsons Green, forcing passengers to trample others as they rushed for an exit
Members of the London Fire Brigade stand by the cordon near Parsons Green tube station
Transport for London said Tube services were suspended between Edgware Road and Wimbledon
Security sources have said the IED had a timer, indicating the bucket bomber left in on the train and fled before it exploded.
There is currently a manhunt underway to find the attacker and it is not yet known if there is a second bomb.
Prime Minister Theresa May is to chair a meeting of the Government’s Cobra emergencies committee this afternoon to discuss the incident – the fifth major British terror attack this year.