18-year-old teen charged over London Underground attack

LONDON: British police said on Friday they had charged an 18-year-old man with attempted murder following last week's bombing of a London Underground train, which injured 30 people. Ahmed Hassan, who was arrested the morning after the attack on September 15, was also charged with use of the explosive triacetone triperoxide (TATP), a statement said. The teenager, who is believed to be an Iraqi orphan, lived with British foster parents in the London suburb of Sunbury. The house was one of several addresses searched by police after the attack. The explosion at Parsons Green station in south-west London, was Britain's fifth terror attack in six months, and was claimed by the Islamic State group. Hassan was arrested in the southern English port of Dover shortly before 08:00 am the following day.