.Two people were slashed at Leytonstone tube station at 7pm last night
- .Eyewitnesses claimed the knife attacker shouted 'this is for Syria'
- .Police officers at the scene were filmed tasering the man inside the station
- .He is seen falling to the ground then given a second round of electricity
- .A defiant bystander is then heard yelling out 'You ain't no Muslim bruv'
- .His statement is now trending on Twitter as the 'perfect' response
- .Scotland Yard's anti-terror teams are treating it as a terrorist incident
- .Do you know who this man is? Email corey.charlton@mailonline.co.uk
- .WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES
Dramatic footage has emerged of the moment a knife-wielding attacker was Tasered by police after injuring two people in a terrorist attack at a London tube station.
The 29-year-old man terrorised passengers at Leytonstone Underground last night before a tense standoff with police which was filmed by onlookers.
In the footage, a bystander can be heard shouting 'you ain't no Muslim bruv' at the attacker - a defiant rallying cry which has now begun trending on social media.
Police were today seen searching an east London property, while the suspect remained in custody and was being questioned by police.
The knife-wielding attacker collapsed to the ground when Met Police officers successfully shot him with a Taser
While on the ground, he appears to be given a second round of electricity, after which he dropped his knife
An eyewitness filmed the alleged victim slumped to the ground moments after the attack in Leytonstone
Police officers arrived at the scene soon after it was reported there had been a stabbing - there they were confronted by a man armed with a knife said to be several inches long.
In their first attempt to Taser him, the officers fail. But when they try a second time, he collapses to the ground, incapacitated.
Still clutching the knife, he then appears to be given another round of electricity and the weapon falls from his hand. He is then turned over, handcuffed and arrested.
It's then a defiant onlooker shouted back to him: 'You ain't no Muslim bruv.' Another called out: 'Drop it, you fool.'
Others can be heard expressing shock. One says: ''F*** he's been tasered! About six times!'
Scotland Yard has now confirmed anti-terror police are investigating after eyewitnesses claimed they could hear the man shout 'this is for Syria' and 'all of your blood will be spilled' during the frightening ordeal.
This morning Britons took to Twitter to show their contempt for the suspected terror attacker - sending the hashtag £YouAintNoMuslimBruv trending.
The phrase has been widely picked up by social media users who say it is the perfect British riposte to attempts to spread violence and terror in London - disowning and sidelining the attacker.
The hashtag is now trending on Twitter.
The man was filmed by a shocked bystander as he waved his knife (circled), before being Tasered by police
An elderly gentleman (right) walked by the confrontation as a police officer was about to fire his taser (circled)
Terrified onlookers stood back during the incident which took place in the ticket hall of the tube station
The standoff occurred around 7pm last night and left one man, aged 56, with serious wounds, while one other suffered minor injuries.
Terrified children ran for safety with their parents as the primary victim was left on the floor of the ticket hall lying in a large pool of blood.
After reportedly slashing his victim's throat, the man allegedly threatened several other passengers before being confronted by the unarmed police officers.
Despite officers ordering the man to drop his weapon, he continued to wave the large knife. One video shows the man lunge towards the police, with witnesses shouting 'he's stabbed someone'.
An officer prepared to fire a high-voltage Taser gun at the knifeman, who ducked to try to avoid being hit. Over the shouts of the crowd, an officer was heard warning: ‘I’m going to Taser you right now.’ One man filming the incident urged: ‘Taser him, Taser him.'
Today a Metropolitan Police spokesperson said the man remained in police custody, though no charges had yet been laid.
Senior government minister Iain Duncan Smith said whatever the circumstances, Britons must not let the Leytonstone incident affect their behaviour.
'We cannot let these sort of people, terrorists et cetera, actually dominate our space,' he told the BBC. 'The way we defeat them at the end of the day is with our values, our freedom of expression, our freedom of belief ... our ability to take our children, our families out at Christmas.
'None of that must be curtailed.'
Eyewitnesses claimed the police needed to fire several blasts of the Taser to knock the man down
The man was then handcuffed by officers - moments after he had been Tasered in the ticket hall
According to an eyewitness, the victim, seen carrying a guitar, was stabbed after being punched unconscious and repeatedly kicked in the frenzied attack.
Salim Patel, 59, was working in a newsagents in the station when he saw the attack unfold.
The father-of-six believed the attacker was Somalian or Sudanese and shouting with an 'Arabic accent' to all passers-by.
He said: 'I was inside the shop and I heard screaming and shouting. He was hitting and punching the victim so hard he fell on the floor and then he kicked him for a long time.
'Everyone was shouting and screaming and he was punching the victim so hard he was screaming somebody help me. Then he got punched so hard he passed out.
'He then took his knife out and was using it on the victim's body. His knife was going forward and backwards. But I don't know in what part of the body he hit.
'It was very scary, passengers ran away. After a while he came back and a few minutes later a passenger rushed to help the victim but when he came back they ran away.
'I think the victim was a musician or a busker. He was carrying a guitar.'
Salim called the police when he saw the blade and hid behind the counter so he could give instructions.
He added: 'The attacker was Somalian or Sudanese and talking in an Arabian accent. He was a strong man. He was punching like a boxer. He was a very powerful strong man. He was angry for some reason.'
The stabbing was the first jihadi attack in London since the murder of soldier Lee Rigby in May 2013.
Commuters make their way into Leytonstone station this morning after last night's knife attack
Police officers were stationed at the Underground station today in the wake of what Scotland Yard said was a terrorist attack
Officers chat to one another at the station which was the scene of a dramatic standoff last night
Head of Scotland Yard's Counter Terrorism unit, Commander Richard Walton said; 'We are treating this as a terrorist incident. I would urge the public to remain calm, but alert and vigilant.
'I would like to thank everyone who has so far provided information to officers and to the Anti-Terrorist Hotline following this unprovoked violent knife attack last evening at Leytonstone Underground Station.
'As a result of information received at the time from people who were at the scene and subsequent investigations carried out by the Counter Terrorism Command (SO15), I am treating this as a terrorist incident.
'I am aware that there were a number of members of the public in the underground station who filmed the suspect on their mobile phones during and after the attack and I would urge them to come forward and speak to us and share with us the filming that they carried out.
'I would continue to urge the public to remain calm, but alert and vigilant. The threat from terrorism remains at severe, which means that a terrorist attack is highly likely.'
Officers also requested that anyone who filmed the incident on their phones upload their footage to www.ukpoliceimageappeal.co.uk.
A Number 10 spokesperson said: 'There is an ongoing police investigation into tonight's attack in London. We are monitoring the situation closely as further details emerge.'
Eyewitness Laurynas Godvisa said: ‘I was going to Leytonstone station dressed to go to Christmas dinner with people from work.
'As I walked down I just saw a lot of people running but I ignored it and kept walking to get my train, but suddenly I couldn’t believe my eyes – I saw I guy with a knife and a guy on the floor.
‘I was so scared I ran for my life. After a good ten to 15 minutes police came and got the guy and arrested him. And as he was coming out, he said, “This is what happens when you f*** with mother Syria. All of your blood will be spilled”.’
Passengers tried to avoid the escalating confrontation which lasted for more than ten minutes
Astonishingly, bystanders filmed clips on mobile phones and immediately uploaded them to Twitter to show the aftermath of the rampage and the knifeman's tense stand-off with police.
One short film showed a man dressed in dark clothing lying on the floor in a pool of blood. Families with children dashed across the ticket hall within yards of the knife-wielding man, as concerned bystanders shouted at them to get away.
Incredibly, others including an elderly man holding a carrier bag walked past the attacker to continue their journey, seemingly oblivious to the danger and the pool of blood where one victim was slashed.
Following the attack, Transport for London ceased all services between Liverpool Street and Woodford/Newbury Park while the scene was examined.
There were conflicting reports over where the man had been injured. Some witnesses claimed the victim had been slashed in the throat, while one video showed a man with an apparent arm injury.
A London Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: 'We were called at 7:09pm to reports of an assault at Leytonstone underground station.
'We sent a number of resources to the including our joint response unit, an incident response officer, an ambulance crew and London's Air Ambulance to the scene.
'We treated a man for stab wounds. He was taken as a priority to hospital escorted by the doctor from London's Air Ambulance.'
Forensic officers began a detailed search of the station last night in the aftermath of the terrorist attack
The attack happened at Leytonstone Underground station (illustrated) in East London shortly after 7pm
'BIG TOBZ': EAST LONDON RAPPER FINDS OVERNIGHT SUCCESS
A rapper who witnessed the stabbing at Leytonstone Underground station has used the sudden influx of attention received to promote his single.
Known as Big Tobz, the Londoner posted two videos of the incident on Twitter, before adding 'part 3' - a link to his track on YouTube named 'Uno My Style'.
When journalists starting contacting him to ask if he was OK, he responded: 'Hey man year it was so horrible I managed to put the whole thing on YouTube here'. This was accompanied by a link to the single.
While some accused him of cashing in on the horrific incident, he responded by stating he had been promoting everyday for the past five years.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said: 'The stabbing in Leytonstone is absolutely shocking. My thoughts are with the victim and his family.'
A Twitter user told of the bloodshed and horror that unfolded at the station.
Michael Garcia told ITV News: 'I look over and i see a guy huddled on the floor behind the barriers and the guy brandishing the knife.
'It was a small blade maybe about three inches long. And then he's screaming "go on then, run, run" and there's people like wanting to go forward to try and help the guy, but the guy's standing just right next to him, just brandishing the knife.'
An eyewitness called Khayam told BBC Radio 5 Live: ‘The majority of people were running away from the station. I walked closer to the tunnel to listen in – there were a lot of people screaming. Within about five to ten minutes they brought out the person who was trying to stab people. They put him in a police van.
‘When he came out I didn’t hear him say anything but I saw pedestrians shouting at him. They weren’t happy with what he had done. One pedestrian threw a bottle at him.
‘I saw a victim come out on a stretcher and then police closed off the station.’
Another man called Farhan, 31, said that his uncle, who works for London Underground, said that the attacker picked on a white passenger inside the station and tried to cut his throat while screaming: ‘This is for Syria.’
Farhan added that when the attacker cut the man’s neck, a station manager shouted: ‘You are not even Muslim, why are you doing this?’
Police last night secure the scene of the attack at Leytonstone Underground station (pictured)
Services on the Central Line were suspended for the evening as police continued to examine the crime scene
The air ambulance attended the scene. Two officers from British Transport Police were guarding the entrance to the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel last night.
Stationed outside the entrance, one officer confirmed that a victim from the Leytonstone attacks was being treated there, but could not comment on their condition, nor whether family members had arrived.
‘What we have is only a snapshot of what happened, but officers from British Transport Police and the Met are here. I can’t say any more.’
The stabbing comes at time of great tension in Europe following the Paris terror attacks last month.
The coordinated attack on the French capital, in which 130 were killed, as well as the launch of British airstrikes on ISIS locations in Syria, sparked fears that terror groups could launch lone wolf attacks on Europe.
ECHOES OF THE BATACLAN: ARE THE WORDS 'THIS IS FOR SYRIA' BECOMING TERRORISTS' WAR CRY?
Moments before four terrorists opened fire on hundreds of innocent concert goers inside the Bataclan theatre in Paris, they screamed: 'This is for Syria... Allahu Akbar!'
The massacre that followed was the deadliest in a series of coordinated attacks on the French capital on November 13, in which 130 were needlessly killed.
ISIS claimed responsibility for the Paris slaughter, saying it was revenge for French airstrikes on Syria.
ISIS claimed the attack on the Bataclan, pictured, was a response for France's bombing in Syria
Last night in Leytonstone, east London, there were chilling reports that a man yelled the exact same words - 'this is for Syia' - during a violent knife attack in a tube station. One man was said to have had his throat sliced open, and one other was injured.
The attacker's motives are as yet unknown but the attack is now being investigated by the Metropolitan Police's Counter Terrorism Command.
Last month, MI5 stepped up its surveillance of known radicals after warning the drone strike that killed ISIS's chief executioner Jihadi John could lead to reprisals.
And after Britain's government voted in favour of extending airstrikes to Syria this week, some MPs said it could foster a new generation of Islamist fanatics and ultimately make Britain 'less safe'.
These factors combined have raised fears that terror groups could launch lone wolf attacks on European countries including the UK.
Those fears were heightened by the release of a new ISIS video this week, in which one jihadi said the November 13 massacre in Paris was just 'the beginning.'
Wearing a suicide vest and brandishing an AK47, the fanatic added: 'Tomorrow will be Washington. It will be New York and it will be Moscow.
'There will be no safety in this world from our guns and bullets and explosives. We will come to you.'
At least seven terror attacks are said to have been foiled in Britain in the last 12 months but terror expert Will Geddes this week claimed that British cities are at risk of a 'major' attack in the build up to Christmas.
'When you look at a terrorist group you ask "what is their key objective?". In ISIS it will be to cause human death or casualty,' he told the Daily Star.
He added: 'They are very media savvy and will look for optimum carnage that will be relayed around the world.
'If around London there is going to be more publicity in Parliament Square than the backstreets of Wandsworth.'
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