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BTP Releases Images After Racially Aggravated Assault at Bond Street Tube

Detectives are working to confirm what was sprayed, with the family reporting no ill effects.

Overview

  • Police say the incident happened at about 7:30pm on Saturday 11 October as a woman, her sister and two young children entered Bond Street Underground station.
  • After the family’s pushchair collided with a woman walking ahead, a man allegedly shouted racial abuse while the woman grabbed the victim’s hair.
  • The man then produced a small bottle, claimed it was pepper spray, and sprayed an unknown substance toward the family.
  • British Transport Police released CCTV images of a well-dressed man and woman they wish to identify in connection with the investigation.
  • Anyone who recognises the pair is asked to text BTP on 61016 quoting reference 413 of 12 October or contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.