A bomb exploded in the London underground earlier this morning, marking another terrorist attack to hit the beleaguered city n 2017.
At least 22 people where hospitalized when the device exploded, derailing one train and causing havoc on the underground for hours afterward.
In a departure from recent attacks, no one died from the attack this time, leaving a city grateful despite the attempted terror attack.
The New York Times reported…

“Britain was hit by a terrorist attack on Friday morning, when a crude device exploded on a crowded London Underground train, injuring commuters, sowing panic, disrupting service and drawing a heavy response from armed police officers and emergency workers.

“The device exploded at 8:20 a.m. on a District Line train leaving the Parsons Green station in Southwest London.

“‘This was a detonation of an improvised explosive device,’ Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley of the Metropolitan Police, a top counterterrorism official, said at a news conference. He urged anyone who had seen what happened, or had taken photos or videos of the bombing, to come forward.

“The authorities immediately beefed up security around the transit system, as hundreds of police officers and detectives combed the scene for clues.

2At least 22 people were hospitalized, several of whom had apparently been injured as panicked commuters fled. None had life-threatening injuries, and hospital officials described the victims as ‘walking wounded.’”