Tube station bomb accused told officials IS 'trained us to kill', court hears

A teenage asylum seeker told British authorities he had been trained by Islamic State "to kill" before he allegedly planted a bomb on the Tube at Parsons Green in England, a court has heard.

Iraqi Ahmed Hassan, 18, is accused of packing shrapnel into a device containing 400g of TATP then leaving it to go off on a timer at the west London station during rush hour on September 15 last year.