Two teenagers have been charged with attempted murder in connection to a firearms incident at Hackney Central Overground Station. 

British Transport Police (BTP) officers attended the station following reports of the incident at 1.29pm on March 1. 

A 20-year-old man was found injured with multiple laceration wounds and a single gunshot wound to his leg. 

He was taken to a local hospital where he remains in a critical but stable condition. 

The station remained closed for more than seven hours following the attack, with the Met Police issuing a Section 60 stop and search authority for the whole borough until 3pm the next day.

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A knife was recovered from the scene as well as a bullet and a bullet casing. 

The two 16-year-olds were later arrested after Met Police officers conducted a planned stop on a vehicle in Essex Road, Islington, on March 3. 

A BTP spokesperson said they have been remanded in police custody and will appear at Barkingside Magistrates’ Court at 10am today (March 6).