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    London tube station closed after ‘serious police incident’

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    1. Firm-Distance on

      *A man has been arrested following a ‘serious incident’ at Hainault Tube Station .*

      *The station, which is at the end of the Central Line in Redbridge, can be seen surrounded by emergency services, including a police helicopter.*

      *Reports on social media suggest a number of people were attacked with a large knife outside Jet Petrol station.*

      *A video appears to show a man walking near the station with a long blade.*

      *Redbridge Borough Police said: ‘Police are at an incident in the Hainault area.*

      *‘Please follow the instructions of police officers on the ground.*

      *‘A man has been arrested.’*

      *TfL said: ‘This station is closed due to a police investigation in the area.’*

      *A witness told* [*LBC*](https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/serious-incident-hainault-station-stabbing/)*: ‘There was loud shouting outside my road on Laing Close and a young boy stabbed another guy, then went towards the station.’*

      *Another described the scenes as ‘chaos’.*

    5. ACO_22 on

      Only reason my mum wasn’t at the station at the time was because she had to take my sister to the dentist today. Thank fuck

    6. Odd-Neighborhood8740 on

      4 people stabbed including police officers. Interesting how quiet this sub is today on this though

    7. Lord_ZaXXon on

      He can’t be British. BBC would already have had 20 hit pieces naming and shaming him by now if he was. While somehow mentioning Donald Trump.

    8. A_Nice_Relaxing_Poo on

      Looks like he might just be looking for whoever it was who decided lids should stay attached to bottles?

    9. Respeck_name on

      Might be terror related… Oh wait for get that it’s a white guy, let me guess he’s got mental health issues. 😒