Armed police are searching for a man on the London Underground after a 63-year-old man received cuts to his body and face at Finsbury Park Tube station.
Following the report of an injured man, British Transport Police and the London Ambulance Service were called to the southbound Victoria line platform at station at 1:48pm this afternoon.
A spokesman for the BTP said that a search of an Underground train was carried out.
"Armed BTP officers searching for a possible suspect met a southbound Victoria line train at King's Cross St Pancras Underground station and conducted a search of the train," he said.
"A 63-year-old man was taken to hospital with cuts to his body and face."
The spokesman said no arrests had been made.
The Victoria line service was been disrupted as a result, but a tube spokesman said normal service had resumed by 3:20pm.
Liam O'Hare tweeted that he saw a man "covered in blood" getting onto a train at the station and that other passengers on the train said they saw a "blade".
Re Finsbury Park incident: Man got onto train covered in blood after brief clash with another passenger.
— Liam O'Hare (@Liam_O_Hare) August 11, 2015
Should mention that I didn't see the weapon myself but others passengers around me did. Wounds,fingers crossed,did not seem life-threatening
— Liam O'Hare (@Liam_O_Hare) August 11, 2015
O'Hare told LBC that he saw an altercation between two men on the platform before one of them got on the train with blood on him.
A man who was at the scene told The Independent that his train was held on a platform at King's Cross for around 20 minutes with the doors closed.
The driver made an announcement saying they had been instructed not to open the doors, and told passengers not to panic.
Police, both regular and armed officers, were walking on the platform when one man, who appeared to be a Tube worker, looked under the train and quickly called over police.
The Tube doors were then opened, and the passengers were told to "run" by armed police on the platform.
"I left the station and there were about eight police cars outside."
"I've been in London for 13 years and I've never seen anything like it."
This article will be updated as we find out more
