Terrorist attacks on London!

[GommeInc]

The News is basically the same thing over and over again :/ Apparently they think Al Qaeda may be at work

[Rix]

A number of people have been killed in a series of explosions in London..

A number of people have been killed in a series of explosions in London.. (ABC TV)

'Some fatalities' as blasts hit London

A number of people have been killed in a series of explosions on London's transport system during this morning's rush hour, causing chaos in the British capital, police and transport officials said.

Several blasts hit the Underground network and police said there had been at least three explosions on buses in the city.

A source at the Metronet consortium that runs part of the capital's Underground network said "there were three explosions and there have been some fatalities".

Home Secretary Charles Clarke said the blasts had caused "terrible injuries" although he did not give specific figures.

"I want to express sympathy on behalf of the whole government to the families and friends of those who have been injured," Mr Clarke told reporters outside Prime Minister Tony Blair's Downing Street residence.

"The health services are in support to deal with the terrible injuries that there have been."

The causes of the incidents, a day after London was awarded the 2012 Olympics and as leaders of the Group of Eight rich nations met in Scotland, were unknown but police said many of the city's Underground stations were affected.

"It is too too early to state what has happened," a London police spokesman said.

"I cannot comment on reports of bombs, but we have had multi-reports of explosions around London."
Underground

People were seen streaming out of one Underground station covered in blood and soot.

Passengers were evacuated from stations across the capital, many in shock and with their clothes ripped to shreds, witnesses said.

The entire system was shut down and major thoroughfares were blocked off by police and ambulance services.
Bus blast

One bus was blown up in Tavistock Square in central London, a policeman told Reuters.

"There have been some casualties and this has been declared as a major incident," a spokeswoman for London's Metropolitan Police said.

Virginia Crompton was close to the explosion on a double decker bus in Tavistock Square.

"I decided given the scale of the chaos, it was best to walk to work and head towards town, I've just gone through Russel Square and turned onto Gordon Square where I heard a huge explosion very close by," she said.

"I turned into Gordon Square Gardens which is where I am now and two men run past me who had witnessed what they said was a bus being blown up, they described the roof coming out and I said, 'do you think anyone was hurt' and they said 'yes, definitely'."
Aldgate East station

Emergency services rushed to the Aldgate East underground station where police reported the first incident at 8:59am local time.

"There were people streaming out of Aldgate station covered in blood," 27-year-old Kate Heywood said, on her way to work.

"There are shards of glass there, it is chaos," she said.

A Reuters correspondent at Oxford Circus station, at the heart of the underground system, heard an announcement over the public-address system saying: "A power outage has occurred London-wide. All train services are suspended."

A station official said: "All the power has gone down. I don't know when it'll come back."

Steve Spence was travelling on one of the trains.

"I was on an outer circle train - going from Paddington from Edgware Road ... there was a big flash, a loud bang and lots of smoke, and there was a train on the other track - it had stopped as well, lots of screaming," he said.

"When we evacuated the train the front of my train was smashed up and there was lots of debris from the other train on the track."
Police cordon

Police sealed off large areas around other underground and mainline rail stations.

Firemen donned chemical protection suits before rushing into stations.

Half a dozen people dishevelled and with soot-blackened faces sat on the floor at Russell Square Underground station or stood in shock as police cordoned off the area and ambulances crews raced in, one witness said.

The Great Eastern Hotel, which was hosting a conference on the Israeli economy, was evacuated. Israeli Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was due to attend the conference but had not arrived.

this is the full story from http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...7/s1409500.htm

[Owen]

Interesting... Glad to be scottish now :/

[deltateamaplha]

Interesting... Glad to be scottish now :/

I'm Scottish 2 but the G8 is today ? we could be under threat ?

[Eamonn]

where the hell did i say anything about iraques

and its worrying i was only just at london on monday at a school trip then more people from school were there just yesterday

[:Hazel]

I think that is what caused it, the winning of the Olympic Vote.

Yes i think that may have something to do with it. My aunt is currently stuck at work in London, but shes safe and well which is a relief.

[deltateamaplha]

Yes i think that may have something to do with it. My aunt is currently stuck at work in London, but shes safe and well which is a relief.

Oh yeah me to and I am happy your aunt is safe

[:Hazel]

Oh yeah me to and I am happy your aunt is safe

Thanks

[Techwizard]

Thats what I was thinking also Meyaz! London is on every station, even the horse racing station I am watching!

[Impactor]

It has'nt been confirmed that its linked to terroists so dont make false accusations

Actually, yes it has. London saw it coming along tim ago..