Two men hunted after Oxford Circus terror alert was sparked by strive against on platform

Two men are being hunted by police after an ‘altercation’ ended in dread on the London Underground.

CCTV photos demonstrate the two men suspected of being fervent in a strive against at Oxford Circus Tube station on Friday afternoon.

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The station was evacuated upright as the Friday dash hour was getting underway, sparking mass dread and fears that there could perchance well perchance were a terror attack at one among London Underground’s busiest stations.

Commuters and purchasers ran in dread for his or her lives and heaps of folks hid as dread gripped the coronary heart of the capital.

Armed police descended on the scene and effect apart the station on lockdown, however Scotland Yard later stated there was no evidence of suspects or casualties.

A spokesman for British Transport Police stated officers had been called to the station at four.40pm to experiences of shots fired.

The spokesperson added: ‘Officers factor in an altercation erupted between two men on the platform. They would now fancy to envision with these two of us within the CCTV photos, who they suspect about could perchance well perchance absorb files relating to the incident and the conditions at some stage within the incident.

‘They would furthermore fancy to envision with anybody who was on the station or within the station on the time and noticed or heard anything else that could perchance well absorb introduced about mass evacuation.’

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Chief superintendent Martin Fry stated: ‘Thank you to all individuals for bearing with us this evening and furthermore to colleagues from the total emergency companies who helped cease a swift response.

‘Our officers, alongside those from the MPS, reacted rapidly and answered professionally per our properly ready plans.’

Someone with files could perchance well silent contact BTP on 0800 forty 50 forty or text 61016 citing reference 405 of 24/eleven.

A desire of witnesses had indicated that a strive against was to blame for the chaos within the station that triggered fears of a terror attack within the capital.

Boots pharmacist Alyssa Puddle stated the brawl fervent about 20 of us.

She added: ‘As I got on the Tube the comms speaker announced the station was being evacuated and for all individuals to slither away.

‘As the speakers went off I noticed all individuals flee from the platform. Of us timid because it regarded very defective.’

Within the interim, a girl identified most interesting as Annabel wrote on Twitter: ‘The platform I was on at Oxford Circus was evacuated on story of a strive against that broke out inviting hundreds crying and screaming.

‘Due to 1000’s of of us evacuating it introduced about extra dread above ground which then was into a stampede in dash hour on Gloomy Friday.’

The frenzy on Oxford Avenue ended in a desire of of us being injured, London Ambulance Provider stated.

Nine sufferers had been treated by paramedics and taken to hospital, while one other seven had been discharged on the scene.