- Two men aged 21 and 40 have handed themselves in to police over altercation
- They have since been released without charge by the Metropolitan Police
- British Transport Police released CCTV images of men they wanted to speak to
Two men who were questioned by Metropolitan Police following an altercation which sparked chaos in the heart of London’s West End on Friday have been released without charge.
Police quizzed the pair, aged 21 and 40, after they voluntarily attended a police station following an appeal by British Transport Police.
Witnesses said two men ‘bumped’ into each other before ‘several punches’ were thrown on the westbound platform at Oxford Circus.
British Transport Police had earlier released these images of two men after reports of ‘gun shots’ led to a stampede and several people being injured
It sparked a major panic with gun shots mistakenly reported to police who declared a terror response and stormed the station on the busiest shopping day of the year.
This afternoon British Transport Police said in a statement posted on Twitter: ‘We appealed for information following an incident at Oxford Circus yesterday.
‘Since the appeal two men, aged 21 and 40, attended a police station voluntarily and were interviewed.
‘Thank you to everyone who helped to share the appeal.’