Parsons Green terror attack: Teenager Ahmed Hassan denies charges over Tube explosion that injured 30 passengers

An Iraqi asylum seeker accused of planting a homemade bomb packed with knives, screws, and metal shrapnel on the Tube has today denied trying to murder commuters.

Ahmed Hassan, 18, allegedly created the explosive device at his foster home in Sunbury-on-Thames, concealing it in a Lidl shopping bag under a pair of trousers as he planted it on a District Line train.

Thirty people were injured when the bomb went on, at 8.17am on September 15 at Parsons Green station.

Some suffered burns from a "fireball" that tore down the carriage, while others were trampled as commuters fled the train.

Hassan, who was living with foster parents in Sunbury-on-Thames, is accused of carrying the bomb on to an eastbound train at Wimbledon, then leaving it behind when he got off in Putney.

At the Old Bailey this morning, Hassan appeared via videolink from HMP Belmarsh to plead not guilty to attempted murder and causing an explosion.

The teenager, who came to the UK from Iraqi in 2015 and claims both his parents have been killed in the war-torn country, spoke only to confirm his name and enter the pleas.

Mr Justice Haddon-Cave remanded Hassan in custody until a two-week trial which is due to begin on March 5.