Passenger taken to hospital after ‘stabbing on board Tube train’

Emergency services at the scene this evening

A Tube passenger has been taken to hospital following reports of a stabbing on board the Jubilee line, British Transport Police (BTP) has said.

Officers were called to Green Park underground station in central London at 6.47pm on Friday, and a man has been arrested in connection with the incident.

Paramedics also attended and the passenger has been taken to a nearby hospital.

Green Park station has been closed.

Writing on Twitter, one user claimed: ‘My daughter was in the train behind- no announcements for 50 mins whilst train stopped in tunnel and passengers scared.’

Another described ‘alarms and the long wait for the police to arrive’, adding: ‘I was and still am scared.’

Green Park station was closed after the incident

BTP Superintendent Mark Lawrie tweeted: ‘Due to an incident at #greenpark the station was closed but will be reopened imminently.

‘Victim being cared for at hospital. No officers injured, weapon recovered.’

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