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| 3 injured in shooting outside London’s Kingsbury tube station | 3 injured in shooting outside London’s Kingsbury tube station |
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| At least three people have reportedly been shot outside Kingsbury tube station in north London, according to local media. | At least three people have reportedly been shot outside Kingsbury tube station in north London, according to local media. |
| The shooting outside the metro station in North West London happened at around 9:45 pm local time, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Police told The Sun, noting that officers along with London Ambulance Service were sent to the scene. | The shooting outside the metro station in North West London happened at around 9:45 pm local time, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Police told The Sun, noting that officers along with London Ambulance Service were sent to the scene. |
| “They found three people suffering injuries. We await assessment of their condition,” the spokesman told the publication. Police are now looking for the suspect(s) in the shooting. | |
| Local roads and the tube station remain closed. “There has been no arrest at this early stage,” police said. | |
| There was no immediate mention of the possible motive for the attack, or whether the incident could be terrorism-related. | |
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| Monday night’s shooting comes amid the city’s crackdown on firearms in streets. London saw a 44 percent rise in homicides in 2017. From March 2017 to March 2018, 157 homicides were reported in the British capital. These numbers were accompanied by a 21 percent increase in knife crime and nearly 36 percent rise in robberies. | |
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