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The home -made explosive device laid down in the London metro car was intended for mass murder, but did not work "properly". This was stated in the police, reports the BBC.

According to explosives, instead of detonation in the bomb, deflagration occurred - an explosive combustion with a speed insufficient for the explosion. If the explosives detonated, all those who were nearby would have died.

The explosive device was equipped with a timer. The police will study the records of the video surveillance system to detect a person who carries a bag with a bomb. The terrorist could enter the train at one of the five stations in front of Parsons Green.

On Friday, 8:20 local time (10:20 Moscow time) at the south-west of London at the Parsons Green metro station, an explosion occurred in the train car. According to eyewitnesses, from a plastic container located in a bag near the car door, a ball of fire broke through. The explosion did not cause serious damage. Several people received burns, a number of passengers were injured as a result of panic.

29 people were delivered to London hospitals.

Rescue services and police immediately arrived at the station. Passengers were evacuated. The movement of trains on the District line was discontinued between the Erls Cort and Wimbledon stations.

The investigation of the incident is conducting a counter -terrorism unit (Counter Terrorism Command, CTC) of the metropolitan police service. The incident is recognized as a terrorist attack, according to the police Twitter.

The Islamic State took responsibility for the attack, reports the SITE Intelligence Group monitoring group with reference to the AMAQ Islamist news agency.

The head of the British government, Teresa May, in connection with the incident, convened a meeting of the Government Committee on Emergency Situations "Cobra".

The Daily Express reported that a second bomb was discovered at Parsons Green station. However, the police refused to confirm this.

US President Donald Trump called on the British authorities to act ahead of terrorists. "Another attack in London by terrorists-losers. These are sick and crazy people who were in the field of view of Scotland Yard. We must be ahead of them!" - wrote the president on Twitter.

In addition, Trump announced the need to complicate the use of Internet terrorists. “The problem of lucid terrorists must be solved in a much more strict way. The Internet is their main instrument of recruitment, which they need to be blocked and used (Internet. - Ed.) Better,” Trump wrote .

May called Trump's statements "useless". "I do not think that anyone is useful to speculation about an ongoing investigation," said the British Prime Minister.

On July 7, 2005, a series of terrorist acts arranged by Islamists took place in the London metro and city buses. At 8:50 a.m. for 50 seconds, three metro trains were blown up, and at 9:47 there was an explosion on a bus on Tavistovist-Square. 52 people were killed and about 700 were also injured. 4 terrorist sunset terrorist: Habib ONF, Mohammed Sidik Khan, Jermen Lindsay and Shehzad Tanver. All of them were subjects of the United Kingdom, and all except Lindsay were born and grew up in the UK.