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Today in History: Homemade bomb injures 30 on Parsons Green tube

By Drooid · Sep 15, 2026, 10:33 AM UTC · How we work

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On 15 September 2017 at 08:20 BST, a crude bucket bomb containing TATP and shrapnel detonated partially on an eastbound District line train at Parsons Green station, wounding 30 passengers, mainly with burns. Police identified 18-year-old Iraqi asylum seeker Ahmed Hassan as the suspect, arresting him in Dover the following day and raiding his foster-home address.

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On 15 September 2017 at 08:20 BST, a crude bucket bomb containing TATP and shrapnel detonated partially on an eastbound District line train at Parsons Green station, wounding 30 passengers, mainly with burns. Police identified 18-year-old Iraqi asylum seeker Ahmed Hassan as the suspect, arresting him in Dover the following day and raiding his foster-home address.