A man has suffered potentially life-threatening head injuries after being attacked on the platform of a north London Tube station.
Emergency services descended on West Hampstead station following the assault just before 4.30 on Friday afternoon.
The station was shut throughout rush hour as police scoured the scene. One Tube passenger reported seeing “blood on the platform” as her train passed through the station without stopping.
Pictures from the scene showed people being turned away at the station’s entrance, with ambulances and police cars lined up outside.
A British Transport Police spokesperson said: “We were called to West Hampstead underground station shortly before 4.30pm on Friday, 29 June, following reports of an assault.
“Officers attended, along with colleagues from the Metropolitan Police and London Ambulance Service. A man has been taken to hospital with potentially life threatening head injuries.”
A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said the victim was taken to a major trauma centre as a priority following the attack.
"We were called a 4:20pm today to West End Lane, West Hampstead to reports of an incident," they said.
“We sent a single responder in a car and an ambulance crew. London’s Air Ambulance was also dispatched to the scene.
"We a treated a person at the scene and took them to a major trauma centre as a priority by road.”
The Jubilee line's Twitter acount advised passengers that tickets would be accepted on other routes while the station remained closed on Friday afternoon.
Anyone with any information is asked to contact BTP by calling 0800 40 50 40 or text 61016 quoting reference 423 of 29/06/2018. Alternatively, you can contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
