Detectives are hunting a man who claimed he had acid as he racially abused a woman on a train.
The smartly-dressed man also suggested he had a knife when he threatened the woman on a train from Gatwick Airport to Bedford.
British Transport Police released a CCTV still of a smartly dressed man they are looking for in connection with the incident.
A spokesman said: “At approximately 12.30pm on 21 September, a woman was on board a Thameslink service when she was verbally abused by a man.
“The man was threatening the woman with violence, saying that he had acid and intimated he had a knife.
“The man also used racially offensive language.
By Ben Gelblum and Lewis Pennock
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