United Kingdom police investigate train station knife attack

British MPs approved the bombing of Islamic State targets in Syria on Wednesday. One 56-year-old man suffered serious but not life-threatening injuries.

The suspect was being held after a man wielding a large knife apparently shouted “this is for Syria” before attacking members of the public near the ticket barriers on Saturday evening. He refused to comment on whether the reports about the suspect shouting the words “This is for Syria” before the attack were accurate.

The video depicts a tense scene as officers surround the man, dressed in khaki trousers and a gray shirt, and demand that he surrender.

One man shouts: “You ain’t no Muslim, bruv! You ain’t no Muslim!”

Waltham Forest detective superintendent Jacqueline Sebire thanked police for their quick response, noting that the incident highlighted the kind of risks faced by officers daily.

Scotland Yard’s counter-terrorism command said on Sunday that it had opened an investigation into the incident. British authorities have warned citizens to remain on high alert for terror attacks.

You aint no Muslim, bruv, a man can be heard calling out to the suspect on videos of the arrest posted on YouTube.

“When I saw them I thought ‘Thank God a police officer has arrived”.

Salim Patel, 59, who runs the station shop and saw the attack unfold, said he heard shouts and saw the attacker beat up his victim, leaving him unconscious on the station floor, before walking back pulling out a knife and stabbing him in a sawing motion.

A police officer stands guard outside Leytonstone station in north London yesterday, a day after three people were stabbed.

Bloody scenes have emerge after the Tube station attacker allegedly slit the throat of another passenger. I hope the victim pulls through.

He remains in custody at an east London police station.

The man took a knife out and started stabbing him as he lay on the floor. The suspect was taken to a London police station.

The attack is being treated by police as a “terrorist incident”, according to the Metropolitan Police.

Police are investigating the incident as a terrorist attack, and the hashtag was inspired after a video surfaced showing a man in the station shouting the phrase as the suspect was being arrested.

“It looked like he was attacking people at random”, the witness added.