Londoners respond to metro attack with #YouAintNoMuslimBruv

Hours after a man wielding a knife slashed a man in an east London metro station on Saturday, reportedly screaming “this is for Syria”, the hashtag #YouAintNoMuslimBruv started trending on Twitter.

The attacker seriously injured one man and wounded two others in what the Scotland Yard is treating as "a terrorist incident".

One Twitter user posted a video showing police restraining the alleged attacker, while an onlooker could be heard shouting, "You ain't no Muslim bruv."

Knife attacker slashes man in London metro after screaming 'this is for Syria'

Within minutes of posting the video, people on Twitter began to use the hashtag #YouAintNoMuslimBruv to condemn the attack.

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Many suggested #YouAintNoMuslimBruv represented real London:

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