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| Accused 'caused Tube train panic' | Accused 'caused Tube train panic' |
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| More than 300 passengers fled a Tube train in terror after one of the alleged 21 July bombers tried to set off a rucksack bomb, a court has heard. | More than 300 passengers fled a Tube train in terror after one of the alleged 21 July bombers tried to set off a rucksack bomb, a court has heard. |
| They banged on the windows, screaming and shouting, as they tried to escape the apparent explosion at Warren Street station, Woolwich Crown Court heard. | They banged on the windows, screaming and shouting, as they tried to escape the apparent explosion at Warren Street station, Woolwich Crown Court heard. |
| Train manager David Johnson said he had never seen people as panicked. | Train manager David Johnson said he had never seen people as panicked. |
| Six men deny conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to cause explosions on London's transport network in 2005. | Six men deny conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to cause explosions on London's transport network in 2005. |
| They are Manfo Asiedu, Muktar Ibrahim, Hussein Osman, Yassin Omar, Ramzi Mohammed and Adel Yahya. | They are Manfo Asiedu, Muktar Ibrahim, Hussein Osman, Yassin Omar, Ramzi Mohammed and Adel Yahya. |
| 'Mad rush' | |
| CCTV footage from the station has been released showing Mr Omar pushing past crowds, running up the escalator and jumping over the ticket barriers. | CCTV footage from the station has been released showing Mr Omar pushing past crowds, running up the escalator and jumping over the ticket barriers. |
| Several passengers described an acrid burning smell which they thought was a bomb, and others said Mr Omar had a hole in the back of his shirt. | Several passengers described an acrid burning smell which they thought was a bomb, and others said Mr Omar had a hole in the back of his shirt. |
| CCTV showed Mr Omar fleeing the station | |
| Mr Johnson told the court he had been standing on the platform as the train pulled in just after 1230 BST. | Mr Johnson told the court he had been standing on the platform as the train pulled in just after 1230 BST. |
| "I could see that all the passengers were on their feet," he said. | "I could see that all the passengers were on their feet," he said. |
| "They were all trying to get out of the second carriage and were banging on the windows of the train. | "They were all trying to get out of the second carriage and were banging on the windows of the train. |
| "A mad rush ensued and there were approximately 300 people running over each other to get out." | "A mad rush ensued and there were approximately 300 people running over each other to get out." |
| "I was shouting 'what's happened, what's happened?' but everyone was screaming and shouting." | |
| THE ACCUSED Muktar Said Ibrahim, 28, from Stoke Newington, north LondonRamzi Mohammed, 25, from North Kensington, west LondonYassin Omar, 26, from New Southgate, north LondonHussein Osman, 28, of no fixed addressManfo Kwaku Asiedu, 33, of no fixed addressAdel Yahya, 24, of High Road, Tottenham, north London | |
| The court also heard statements from some of the passengers. | |
| Karolin Starzymska had been sitting in the same carriage as Mr Omar and felt lots of sand hit her in the face and smelt burning, the court heard. | |
| She said she saw Mr Omar jump in the air when the explosion went off and then run away from a rucksack oozing with a sticky yellow substance. | |
| Another passenger, Ashish Moraji, said he saw Mr Omar "frantically shaking himself down" after detonating the alleged bomb. | |
| "People were screaming because they thought it (the explosion) was going to go off again," he said in his statement. | |
| 'Ran to cafe' | |
| After Mr Omar fled the station, he ran to the Granby Grill cafe and asked chef Cumhur Mehmet for a glass of water, the court heard. | |
| He threw it over his face and told the chef there had been a bomb scare at Warren Street station, Mr Mehmet said. | |
| Specialist police officers who investigated the train following the incident found a gelatinous mass on the floor of the second carriage, the court heard. | |
| Next to it lay a rucksack containing two shirts, deodorant, aftershave and a DVD of the comedy film, Meet the Fockers. | |
| The jury heard Mr Omar's fingerprints were on all the items. |