A London police officer stands outside the Leytonstone Underground station in London, Britain, December 6, 2015.(Photo: EPA)
LONDON — Police here say they are treating a stabbing attack at a subway station as a terrorist incident.
Officers were called to reports of "a number of people" stabbed at Leytonstone underground station in east London on Saturday evening, Scotland Yard said.
The attacker shouted "this is for Syria," according to media reports. A bystander is heard shouting: "You ain't no Muslim bruv (brother)" in<span style="color: Red;">*</span>video posted on social media<span style="color: Red;">*</span>purporting to be from the incident.
Police said a man, believed to be 29, was tasered and arrested. He remains in police custody.
A male victim, thought to be 56 years old, was seriously injured, Scotland Yard said. His condition is not thought to be life-threatening. Two other people suffered minor injuries.
Witness Michael Garcia, 24, told the BBC he saw people running outside the station, then saw a man "lying on the floor with a guy standing next to him brandishing a knife of about three inches... maybe a hobby knife".
"It had a thin blade, but looked fairly long," he added. "He was screaming 'go on, then, run' to everyone else. He was pacing back and forth next to the guy on the floor."
Commander Richard Walton, head of Scotland Yard's counter terrorism team, said: "We are treating this as a terrorist incident. I would urge the public to remain calm, but alert and vigilant. The threat from terrorism remains at severe, which means that a terrorist attack is highly likely."
The hashtag
#YouAintNoMuslimBruv was trending on Twitter on Sunday morning.
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