Police Responding to Incident at Underground Station in London

Police are responding to an incident at the Oxford Circus underground station in London.

The British Transport Police said on Twitter that officers were on the scene, but gave no further details.

The station is located on the city’s busy Oxford Street, a shopping strip usually busy with pedestrians and heavy traffic.

The incident comes as throngs of shoppers flocked to the area for Black Friday retail sales.

Check back for updates on this developing story. 

Police called at 16:38 to a number of reports of shots fired on #OxfordStreet & underground at Oxford Circus tube station. Police have responded as if the incident is terrorist related. Armed and unarmed officers are on scene and dealing along with colleagues from @BTP

— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) November 24, 2017

If you are on #OxfordStreet go into a building and stay inside until further direction. Avoid travelling to the Oxford Street area. At this stage police have not located any causalities.

— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) November 24, 2017

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