[1] The incident began with false reports of gunshots after a fight between two people on the Central line platform at Oxford Circus station.

Many shops barricaded their doors, and the police issued warnings for people in Oxford Street to seek shelter immediately.

[4] Ten days before the incident, a window cleaner had been injured in a fall from a building on Oxford Street onto a lorry parked beneath it.

[5] A Twitter post about the accident describing a lorry surrounded by blood stains would later be taken out of context during the panic as evidence of a non-existent vehicle attack.

[6] At 16:38 GMT, there was an altercation between two men on the westbound Central line platform at Oxford Circus station, with some witnesses reporting hearing bangs.

At 18:05 GMT, the police declared that there was no evidence of any gun shots and ended the state of emergency, but extra officers remained on the scene to reassure those caught up in the incident.