London blasts

[LiberatedChick]

So far BBC news channel is saying that the entire underground network has been closed. Several explosions in the underground and three bus explosions so far.

I can't get into the BBC website to give a link, I think there's so many people trying to check the BBC site that it's either very slow or gone down.

 

[fromwithin]

3 bus explosions, believed to be bombs, the one in russell square (double decker bus heading to Euston) definately was. the tube still believed to be power surge/electrical explosion but speculated sabatage to coincide with bombings. More buses reporting bombs too now. fatalities currently low, thank you Lord.

 

[Robbie_James_Francis]

This BBC news story looks to need updating, but....

Several injured in London Blasts

 

[amazed_by_grace]

There are unconfirmed reports of explosions effecting more stations (i'm watching all of this on the British news at the moment so they're jus reporting on everything that they hear) Its unclear whether these happened at the same time as the earlier blasts or not. People are being evacuated from Russel Square and police are suspicious of more explosive devices being in the area and are searching with sniffer dogs. Reports of deaths at Russel Square and Aldgate... they are unconfirmed. Home secretary has advised people not to make "unnecessary journies".

Passengers in underground carriages reported a blinding flash, then darkness and a lot of smoke and soot. Eyewitnesses firmly believe that the explosion was too large to have been electrical. In one train the passengers were in the carriage for 40 minutes before being rescued. When they were evacuated to the station, they were told by police that there had been a bomb.

 

[b*unique]

it is here,all the City was shaking,all the stations around had explosions
i know of one buss only

i feel so sick...my husband took a friend to the station,they felt the exlosion under,
near liverpool street

 

[amazed_by_grace]

Government spokesman jus confirmed that 20 people have died in Central London this morning.

 

[amazed_by_grace]

Yahoo is giving regular updates

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/050707/140/fmtu4.html

 

[MadeInOz]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/07/07/london.tube/index.html

dang apparently there were 3 buses they think now... hrmm.

 

[loved]

Hmmmm, no one seems to be telling us anything.

 

[amazed_by_grace]

An explosion on a bus at Aldgate has been confirmed by authorities, the explosion at Russel square has been confirmed by eyewitnesses. I haven't heard of any other location as of yet but I am hearing that 3 buses have been attacked..

 

[Robbie_James_Francis]

Mobile networks are down in Central London.

 

[gnine]

Hmmm... this will be interesting to see what or who is behind this.

G8 protestors? Islamic terrorists? Resurgent IRA? Faulty wiring and mass hysteria? Angry French?

 

[Robbie_James_Francis]

Faulty wiring and mass hysteria?

There were at least 2 bombs that we know of, and the police are about to start controlled explosions of others they have found.

 

[loved]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4659093.stm

 

[MadeInOz]

Oh my... I think I just saw my friend on tv... she was walking with a group of others... I know she catches a train into the city and then out again to work. hmmm...

I'll have to see if I can get in touch with her. hmmm.

edit: I called her, and it wasn't in fact her... she had already gone out of the city. phew.

 

[amazed_by_grace]

Police believe that there have been 6 individual blasts... Commissioner has advised people to stay put and not to travel..

 

[LiberatedChick]

Guy on BBC news (not sure who he was) has said that the tube situation is most likely the result of "human action". He also said they've checked with the national grid and they've got no records of there being a power surge...only power related problem is the power going down after the incident.

Also reports of stations in Swindon and Brighton being closed due to "security incidents".

 

[Psalms34]

Hmmmm, no one seems to be telling us anything.

Yeah, it will take some time to get things under control enough to get accurate figures if things are anything close to how our 9/11 was along the lines of confusion. Prayers with you.

 

[Trogdor the Burninator]

We're getting it on the nightly news over here. Latest is apparently entire bus network shut down. They are reporting quite a number of deaths.

 

[amazed_by_grace]

Praying for your friend indeep...