LONDON- The story behind Naeem Bukhari’s injury in London is yet to beconfirmed that he was the man assaulted.
London’s Marble Arch tube station has reopened following reports of anassault which left a man with a head injury.
Terrified witnesses reported seeing an ‘attack’ at the station shortlybefore 3.10pm today.A woman on board a Central Line train said passengers were not beingallowed off the carriage due to a “crime scene”.
A patient was rushed to a major trauma centre with a head injury and aforensic team was sent to the station.A man has been arrested.One onlooker known as Abi, 31, had been travelling home from TottenhamCourt Road station before witnessing the evacuation at Marble Arch from theopposite platform on Friday afternoon.“I was on the westbound train which pulled into Marble Arch.
“The doors opened and pretty soon after there was loads of screaming comingfrom the other platform and lots of people ran away from the commotion.
“I couldn’t hear anything there was so much screaming and the alarm wentoff on the train, which I assume is because someone had pulled it.”
London’s Marble Arch tube station has reopened following reports of anassault which left a man with a head injury.
Marble Arch station is closed due to a “crime scene” after police werecalled to reports of an assault (Image: Transport for London)
Police outside Marble Arch tube station on Friday afternoon (Image:atifnadzir/Twitter)
She told GetWestLondon : “It was incredibly scary, it really was terrifying- I’ve lived in London 11 years and never seen anything like this before.
“I was on the westbound train which pulled into Marble Arch.
“The doors opened and pretty soon after there was loads of screaming comingfrom the other platform and lots of people ran away from the commotion.
“I couldn’t hear anything there was so much screaming and the alarm wentoff on the train, which I assume is because someone had pulled it.”
Witness Laura Jane Vickers-Green added: “A seriously ill passenger [was]being treated on the platform.
“This was at about 3.20pm and it looked pretty awful. Hope to god they werealright.”
The station was fully reopened shortly before 6pm.
A spokesman for British Transport Police: “Officers were called at 3.10pmtoday after reports of an assault at Marble Arch Underground station.
“Officers and the London Ambulance Service attended the scene.
“A man has been detained as part of our investigation into the incident.”
A spokesman for the London Ambulance Service said: “We were called at3.17pm today to reports of an incident inside Marble Arch Undergroundstation.
“We sent an ambulance crew to the scene, which arrived in six minutes.
“We treated a man for a head injury and took him as a priority to a majortrauma centre.”