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London: Explosion Updates

collected reports | 07.07.2005 20:00

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Several hurt in Tube 'explosion'

Passengers were evacuated from King's Cross station
Several people have been injured after explosions blamed on a power surge led to the whole London Underground network being closed down until further notice.
British Transport Police said some of the power surges had caused explosions.

A City of London Police spokesman said there were "quite a large number of casualties" at Aldgate Station.

A bus was ripped apart in an explosion in central London, an eyewitness told news agency PA, and there were reports of at least one fatality.

PA also quoted Union officials as saying sources had told them there had been at least one explosive device on the Underground.

British Transport Police Surges took place at Aldgate, Edgware Road, King's Cross, Old Street and Russell Square stations.

Scotland Yard confirmed they were assisting with a "major incident" and said there were casualties.

A spokesman said officers were called out to Aldgate station at 8.50am to assist City of London and British Transport Police.

"All of the emergency services are on scene. There have been some casualties. This has been declared as a major incident," said the spokesman. "It's too early to state what has happened at this stage," he said.

The National Grid, which supplies power to the Underground, said there had been no problems with its system which could have contributed to the incidents.

'Screaming and crying'

Jacqui Head, from BBC News, who had just left King's Cross station on a Piccadilly Line train as an explosion happened, said: "Everything was normal. Suddenly there was a massive bang, the train jolted.

"There was immediately smoke everywhere and it was hot and everybody panicked. People started screaming and crying."

The train was kept in the tunnel for 20 minutes and no announcement was made to explain the delay to passengers, she added.

London Fire Brigade said four crews were at Liverpool Street and more were on their way.

Another passenger, who had left the Tube at Fenchurch Street Station, and walked to Aldgate East, told BBC Five Live that he saw injured people.

"As I walked through the bus station I could see people lying on the ground, black, as if they'd been covered in smoke. There were about three or four people on the floor being treated."

Eyewitness Paul Woloszyn from BBC News, who was at Blackhorse Road station on the Victoria Line, said: "We were told there was a bomb at Liverpool Street station.



"I was on the Tube, and they stopped the train and told everyone to get off and evacuate the station."

He said staff had said the entire Tube network had been affected, and leaflets had been handed out with details of alternative bus routes.

Another eyewitness, Dorothy Molloy, had been on a Tube train at King's Cross and said "staff just chucked everyone out of the station".

She said staff there had not given any details, but she said two passengers she had spoken to had said they had received messages saying there had been bombs.

"People didn't really know what was going on, they were just huffing and puffing and saying how annoying it was," she said.

"People don't seem to be panicked, but there's so many police and ambulances coming into the areas. People are just concerned, and some are just annoyed at the delay."

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  1. Terrorist attack. — Doug.
  2. Sad Deluded, and Offencise Fool — Big Bad Bob
  3. PA News: 2nd Explosion on London Bus in Tavistock Square — moved by admin
  4. Explosions on London Transport — moved by admin
  5. london appears to be under terrorist attack — moved by admin
  6. bomb or train crash/ witness report on BBC 24 — moved by admin
  7. Chaos in London following multiple explosions. — link
  8. London Underground attacks "almost certainly" related to Al Quaeda — link
  9. statement — paul c
  10. Bombs/ power surge on London underground — moved by admin
  11. Strategy of tension? — Anon
  12. terror attacks in london today — link
  13. Such a perfect democracy... — Anon
  14. Israel warned of explosions — link
  15. appaling phot used in news report — paul c
  16. london travel update — link
  17. G8 protesters — Concerned
  18. Big Bad Bob... — Londoner
  19. Central London quiet — link
  20. Big Bad Bob - delusional or troll? — Pentos
  21. Updates : 12.30 - 1pm — updates
  22. Barts say 95 injuries so far — update
  23. Canary Wharf shooting? — xilo
  24. more info — update
  25. Concerned about the quality of postings — Londoner
  26. I don't believe I'm reading this — Paranoid Pete
  27. Reality check time — New Yorker
  28. actually Bob — paul c
  29. The War Has ComeHome;let's nonviolently resist it wherever it is,wherever we are — Anarcho Pacifist
  30. need to get it under control — a reader
  31. American dillusionment? — Sarah
  32. Explosions in London — link
  33. what the hell? — duke
  34. Get a Grip! — Chris Bright
  35. repercussions — nz noobie
  36. No.30 bus destroyed — north london john
  37. ... — Hermes
  38. Conspiracies — Jim
  39. STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE — Knowledge
  40. War hasComeHome-let's Nonviolently resist it, whereever it is, whereever we are! — Anarcho Pacifist
  41. Hello everybody, Hi Dr Who! — Alex
  42. 'and you will reap what is sown..' — @
  43. Paranoid Pete believes in phony Al Qaeda conspiracy theory — Jiminy Cricket
  44. 40 dead; 300 injured — psycho sparky
  45. is conspiracy a dirty word, or just a dirty deed? — pentos
  46. Reply to 'Jim,' and praise to the emergency services — Duncan
  47. What is the supposed political agenda? — Duncan
  48. Maybe its space alients... — Weary
  49. Alex... — Londoner (2)
  50. Alex... 2 — Londoner (2)
  51. Causes — Kath Holliday
  52. Ah the old conspiracy theory strikes again — Independent Thinker
  53. Good God — Vespucci
  54. Tha anarchists all have alibies — Amias Channer
  55. Sad Day — Nick
  56. Who wants to come and stand up for Peace in Parliament Square? — Phosphorus
  57. Displaced anger methinks... — Jo
  58. transport / id — v
  59. Canary Wharf — north london john
  60. Londoner 2 — Alex
  61. Condolences — Average Sensible Rebel
  62. a sad day — skip
  63. Reply to Jo, re Mr Bright — Mog
  64. cunny - least emotive, most insightful — pentos
  65. The bombs dropped on Baghdad explode in London. — The bombs dropped on Baghdad explode in London.
  66. Cui Bono? — Kelly Logan
  67. The reason behind it all — Monty Cantsin
  68. reply to transport / id — Duncan
  69. Beware-The Game is Afoot! — Moriarty
  70. Propoganda Matrix - not in the least bit interesting — Alec
  71. Inside Job — Spotter
  72. bombs of baghdad falling on london — vlad
  73. Gorgeous George — Alec
  74. Keep your eyes opened ! — one citizen of the world
  75. Whoever did this, it was a tragedy... — Rick
  76. Mossad Calling — Alec
  77. it was not terrorism it was 'Freedom Fighers' — Kelly
  78. who is the enemy?? — squats
  79. Look..... — apples
  80. Protocols of the Elders of Zion — Alec
  81. Brotherhood among terror victims — Paula S.
  82. To our British friends: our hearts are with you — Naomi Ragen
  83. prior warning — tell the truth
  84. Police — Fiona
  85. Whose soil & whose freedom fighters, Kelly? — pentos
  86. Transport / ID — Moa
  87. Re: Beware-The Game is Afoot! — Jan
  88. Don't Feign Innocence — Reality Check
  89. Conspiracies — phatsoid
  90. Eh? — Alec
  91. Re: Don't Feign Innocence — Humpty Dumpty
  92. pentos shows ignorance by repeating arab lies — Kelly
  93. error in the statement — Tim Lohrentz
  94. Fox News — Cunny
  95. misplaced suffering — marcos
  96. As It Was Reported by the CBC in Canada — slowgirl
  97. Israeli "Condolences" — Moriarty
  98. And on the subject of coincidences... — Tired
  99. Israeli "Condolences"? They're Already Calling for World War — Reality Check
  100. Well... — artaud
  101. Average Sensible Rebel — Hilly
  102. Our leaders — Mog
  103. Oh Please, Artaud — Reader
  104. Is it just me, or is that the familiar odour of mossad in the morning? — pentos
  105. Who is the arbiter of content on this allegedly INDYpendent organ, anyhow? — pentos
  106. Put on your thinking cap — Ali ibn Sharmootah
  107. Militants and Terrorists — Don't buy the lies
  108. Double and Triple Standards — Human
  109. Re: "I guess the moslems who set off the explosives..." — Nice Try, Israeli Shill
  110. Bush's War of Terror — Andres Kargar
  111. On support of Israel — Bnei Zonot
  112. Lets Recap — Paranoid Pete
  113. Recap Completion — Paranoid Paté
  114. Touche — Paranoid Pete
  115. Terror and it's role in state control — Monty cantsin
  116. Idiots — Humpty Dumpty
  117. The Hegellian Dialectic — pentos
  118. Je reponds — Paté
  119. Mon Dieu! — Pete
  120. @New Yorker... England's used to terrorists... heard of IRA? — m3
  121. Business as usual — Monty Cantsin
  122. My respect to Monty Catsin — María
  123. Zionism — Monty Cantsin