[Closed] Shots fired on Oxford Street.... BBC News now.

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best source of information seems to be the met police twitter feed [url= https://twitter.com/metpoliceuk?lang=en-gb ]https://twitter.com/metpoliceuk?lang=en-gb[/url] it wont be fast moving but it's likely the most accurate source initially.

Are the tubes still going through Oxford Circus? I'm on my way up to London and need to get to Highbury Islington

Yes, according to British Transport POlice, just not stopping

This is the latest from Met Police.

We have not located any trace of suspects, evidence of shots fired or casualties. Officers still on scene. If you are in a building stay there, if you are on the street in #OxfordStreet leave the area. Officers continue to search the area. More updates as soon as we have them

Cool, thanks

JL suspended

according to BTP twitter there is no evidence of any shots being fired.

but IMMIGRANTS! JIHADISTS! RAPISTS! CYCLISTS! BORDERS! CONTROL!

17:43
'No evidence of shots fired'
The Metropolitan Police says in a statement:

"To date police have not located any trace of any suspects, evidence of shots fired or casualties.

"Officers continue to work with colleagues from British Transport Police in the area of Oxford Circus.

"Updates will be provided as soon as we have them.

"If you are in building stay in a building, if you are on the street in Oxford Street leave the area.

"Officers are continuing to search the area."

My wife is stuck in a restaurant 5 mins from Oxford Circus. They're drinking heavily as a precautionary measure! I plan to do the worrying for the both of us.

TfL tweet - "Oxford Circus and Bond Street stations now both reopened and all trains are stopping normally."

according to BTP twitter there is no evidence of any shots being fired.

but IMMIGRANTS! JIHADISTS! RAPISTS! CYCLISTS! BORDERS! CONTROL!

Sounds like the usual shit spread on here by some individuals.

Edit: Duplicate

Taken from twitter so read with a pinch of salt but I hope this is true:

Whilst the situation was still very unclear and in a thoroughly British response people made their way into the Royal Society for Medicine opposite John Lewis on Oxford Street, once everyone was safely inside the doors were locked and they were invited to attend a lecture on optimism.

It's unconfirmed but I expect tea and biscuits were also served.

From BBC - looks like a storm in a tea cup (with biscuits):

Posted at 17:57
Passengers 'self-evacuated' Tube station
British Transport Police say officers were called to Oxford Circus Tube station following reports of gun fire on the westbound Central Line platform.

"Passengers at the station then self-evacuated the station onto Oxford Circus and Regent Street area of London," a statement said.

"This caused a significant level of panic which resulted in numerous calls from members of the public reporting gunfire. "Officers responded in line with our procedures of a terrorist incident, this included armed officers from British Transport Police and the Metropolitan Police.

"A full and methodical search of the station and Oxford Street was conducted by officers.

"At this stage, we are examining the circumstances of the incident which resulted in the station being evacuated. "During the station evacuation, one woman is believed to have sustained a minor injury."

"Armed officers were quickly on scene, no evidence of gunfire found. The area was searched swiftly and we are working to lift cordons and reopen stations.”

"Our response on #OxfordStreet has now been stood down. If you sought shelter in a building please now leave, and follow the direction of police officers on the ground if you need assistance”

BTP and Met police twitter

'Incident over, no evidence of gunshots fired'

'Incident over, no evidence of gunshots fired'

But Olly Murs said shots fired. Should I take celebrity singers off of my credible sources list?

Olly Murs?Verified account
@ollyofficial

F*** everyone get out of @Selfridges now gun shots!! I’m inside

We were in selfridges on oxford street when there was a rush of panicked people through the store and people ducking for cover, no idea what caused it. The only casualty appears to be my evening as Mrs Kilo now has the arse with me for not running off in a random manner with no idea what you're running towards.

Glad false alarm but noticeable increased police presence with sniffer dogs in WE, stations, City and C Wharf today

Didn’t notice anything unusual in CW today, looked pretty normal (from some one who works here)

Every Xmas shopping period they always ramp up a bit more security presence.. bring the dogs out so to speak.

Nice to see the Ice Rink full, we’re off for cocktails and curry here now...

Nope, don’t see any more security than normal...

A busy road into town near me was closed yesterday, armed police called, fire engines, police in abundance, helicopter, the works.

Someone had let a firework off in their house.

Passengers 'self-evacuated' Tube station

Just seen on the news- no victims, no suspect.
Images of people crying and shaking.
Over to our correspondent - "whats happened?"

Nothing.

Mrs Kilo now has the arse with me for not running off in a random manner with no idea what you're running towards.

Ah yes, not taking things as seriously as they think you should. One of the harder to avoid marital crimes.

230 dead in Egypte.

This is not the reaction Rupert wanted.

Too late

JL suspended

But isn't it at times like this that we need the Justice League the most?

B.B. not often that there are sniffer dogs and 4 armed coppers outside Birleys at 07:00!!

But anyway glad no harm done

Egypt’s real news 😯

I was riding North up Regent St as it happened. Saw a load of pedestrians heading towards me screaming and shouting. I assumed Hamleys had announced a Black Friday deal on Megatron Barbie Lego sets or something. Then the taxis started doing U-turns and hopping the kerbs so I turned around through Soho and up Wardour St. and round the back of Oxford Circus. Police cars and vans and fire engines were coming from everywhere.
My family were all texting me "are you ok?" "ring me when you get this!".
I'm almost disappointed it was nothing. Lol.

Several people phoning into LBC who were at oxford street saying they heard loud bangs, louder than fireworks.

Could have been something dropped at one of the building sites, although would have to be big.

And if it was, the operator will probably turn out to be an immigrant (somewhere in his family history anyway...)

Just seen on the news- no victims, no suspect.
Images of people crying and shaking.
Over to our correspondent - "whats happened?"

Nothing.

Isn't this basically the outcome of "successful" terrorism?

a good test for the emergency services, (at the time they thought it was all for real), but a good learning experience in a real time situation with real members of the public acting randomly.

Lets all just hope it never happens for real.

allthepies - Member

Someone had let a firework off in their house.

There was a credible Balotelli-ist threat

Sounds like the usual shit spread on here by some individuals.

230 dead in Egypte.

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Truely appalling masacre in Egypt. We must all be thankful we don’t live amongst such chaos.

to be fair on the daily mail they managed to report this calmly and accurately without explicitly blaming muslims or Jean Claude-Junker

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To be fair to the Daily Mail they were in their haste to create a calm rational report confused by the fact that on the 14th November a lorry may have hit a pedestrian in Oxford Circus.

According to the news this morning there appears to have been an ‘altercation’ between two individuals in the tube which caused a bit of a panic which spread and caused the confusion.

yes, but how did it get up to Selfridges - which isn't particularly close to Oxford Circus?

And several people apparently heard this loud bang.

Maybe two events happened at the same time?

No idea why you quoted me alongside the Egypt comment Jamba.

Police are looking to bill these two:
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Work went into lockdown - good job we had prosecco in the fridge! My family hate me working in this area, literally came back from a meeting with 37 messages and missed calls.

Astonishing! The phone camera footage on the BBC website was shot properly in landscape by somebody who actually didn't wave the camera around.

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masacre

😆

Police are looking to bill these two:

One of them looks like a lone wolf, but the other's definitely a terrorist IMO.

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masacre

You forgot "Truely"

My bad. 🙂

To be fair it's an easy mistake to make. I was just on Oxford Street myself and I'm sure a lorry mounted the kerb andbploughed into pedestrians after which the bearded driver jumped out brandishing a knife and shouting "Allahu akbar". Or maybe it didn't. Who can say for certain?

it just proves the whole country is walking on glass, and is expecting something to happen at any given time. this is the new way of living, expect a terrorist attack. have it in the media a while then wait on the next and repeat. instead of actually finding the root of the problem and sorting it out.

I’d avoid Wardour st in a situation like that. Isn’t there a bomb there?

To sum up:

A bit of handbags between 2 blokes on the Tube.....

& Olly fekin Murs & the Daily Wail think Saladin & his hordes are giving it the big jihad in W1.....

Fing bollox.

Editor of the Wail & Murs should be taken out & shot round the back of the barn like an old sheepdog!

What a pair of ****tz.

Come on, a black guy in a puffer jacket. That’s practically an Arab in a suicide belt. No wonder everyone panicked.

Nah, he's a Brazilian electrician. You can tell just by looking.

But as for

rmacattack - Member

it just proves the whole country is walking on glass, and is expecting something to happen at any given time. this is the new way of living, expect a terrorist attack. have it in the media a while then wait on the next and repeat.

The risks were so much greater in the 70s, with the IRA bombings. However that was treated as crime, not <shock horror> terrorism. Have we lost the ability to be stoic?

You'd be surprised at some of the calls I take on this sort of thing, usually somebody reporting that there's a 'suspicious' person with a beard chanting, and it's usually on a Friday! But the climate being what it is we're told to take everything seriously and get it looked at. A pain in the botty hole 🙄

The risks were so much greater in the 70s, with the IRA bombings