OMG Explosions in London!!!!!

[Josje]

I am watching the news here!!

There is something horrible happend in London.

Maybe terrossime??

At different places there exploited bomb.

[Bec]

Oh thats not good, i hope it wasnt terrorists

[Fanny!]

Yes, bombs in busses and train stations apparently... 90 dead people I heard. That's so sad and shocking. The first one who dares say that french did that will make me kick some #ss !! LOL.

 

Edited July 7, 2005 at 10:34 AM by LoverDion

[Josje]

Yes, bombs in busses and train stations apparently... 90 dead people I heard. That's so sad and shocking. The first one who dares say that french did that will make me kick some #ss !! LOL.

 

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I heard on the news here 90 wounded and 2 people dead.

 

WHYYYYYYYYYY

[Fanny!]

Yes, bombs in busses and train stations apparently... 90 dead people I heard. That's so sad and shocking. The first one who dares say that french did that will make me kick some #ss !! LOL.

 

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I heard on the news here 90 wounded and 2 people dead.

 

WHYYYYYYYYYY

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Yes sorry, 90 wounded

[celinefanonline]

there's a lot of people injured and dead as i believe......

i'm a bit scared.....

 

is everyone ok here???

[Fanny!]

Well, I guess everyone's ok here yeah........... at least I hope so

[~Lady~]

Why have I got a feeling this is about London winning the battle for the olympic games? Sorry, but that's my first thought. Edited July 7, 2005 at 11:49 AM by ~Lady~

[canadianpower]

Lady, this was exactly my first thought, too. It's so terrible and all the terrorism-things make me furious. I really hope it was a "normal" accident and no murderous attempt.

[Clari]

So horrrible... CNN just said that 10 people are dead. :evil:What is the worlding coming too! My prayers are with the people in London.

[~Lady~]

Is there any safe place in this entire world?

 

*watching the G8 statement*

Edited July 7, 2005 at 12:08 PM by ~Lady~

[Bec]

I have heard on the news that the attacks were to coincide with the start of the G8 Summit. I dont know what truth there is to this though.

[Fanny!]

45 dead now. Come on, it's not directly related to the Olympics. It's about the G8 conference, it had to happen... doesn't it remind you of the attacks in Madrid last year ? Was exactly the same kind of attack... We knew they were going to do something in London or in Italy... Al Qaida that is. Of course it may not be them, I have no proof to say they are the ones who did that horrible thing, but that's what they all say.

 

But I agree that it wasn't pure random that they chose THIS day. All the British were happy yesterday, they're so damn glad to see them cry today...

[Belle Céline]

I have been watching the news and its 33 dead and over 350 in critical condition.I just pray that God keeps these ppl safe. :osama:

stupid terrorist!

 

 

BREAKING NEWS

NBC News and news services

Updated: 12:32 p.m. ET July 7, 2005

LONDON - At least 33 people were killed when three explosions ripped through London subway trains Thursday and an undetermined number were killed in a fourth explosion on a bus, officials said in what Prime Minister Tony Blair described as a "barbaric" terrorist attack.

 

U.S. law enforcement officials earlier said the death toll from the four blasts was at least 40.

 

Some 45 people were in serious or critical condition, London officials told reporters Thursday afternoon in describing the worst attack on London since World War II.

 

"The public need to remain vigilant," Andy Trotter of the Transport Police said. "This is an incredibly challenging time for London. We don't know if this is over yet."

 

The near simultaneous explosions caused more than 350 injuries and came a day after London was awarded the 2012 Olympics and as the Group of Eight summit was getting under way in Scotland.

 

The blasts went off between 8:51 and 9:47 a.m. local time. Implementing an emergency plan, authorities immediately shut down the subway and bus lines that log 8.4 million passenger trips every weekday. It brought the city’s transportation system to a standstill and left many central London streets deserted.

 

London police chief Sir Ian Blair said authorities had not received any warning. "We have been at a very high state of alert. Of course if there had been any kind of specific warnings we would have dealt with it," he said.

 

 

Hospitals report 350 injuries

By afternoon, London hospitals said they had treated more than 350 people. The Royal London Hospital in the city's East End, which received the bulk of the injured, said 123 of about 180 casualties had been treated and released.

 

British Home Secretary Charles Clarke said there were three explosions on the subway system and one on a bus. Earlier reports indicated six explosions.

 

“We do not know who or what organizations are responsible for these terrible criminal acts,” Clarke said.

 

Prime Minister Blair, who had been at the G-8 summit, later left for the day to return to London, while the other leaders continued the meeting.

 

"They will never succeed in destroying what we hold dear in this country and in other civilized nations throughout the world," Blair said before leaving and flanked by fellow G-8 leaders, including President Bush. "We shall prevail and they shall not."

 

Bush later warned Americans to be "extra vigilant" as they head to work. Soon after, the administration raised the national alert level for urban rail and bus transit.

 

Bus destroyed

One explosion destroyed a double-decker bus at central London's Tavistock Square, which is near the better known Russell Square.

 

"I was on the bus in front and heard an incredible bang, I turned round and half the double decker bus was in the air," Belinda Seabrook told Press Association, the British news agency.

 

She said the bus was packed with people. "It was a massive explosion and there were papers and half a bus flying through the air," she said.

 

Jay Kumar said he ran out of his business when he heard a loud explosion. He said the top deck of the bus had collapsed, sending people tumbling to the floor.

 

Many appeared badly injured, and bloodied people ran from the scene. “People were running this way panicked," he said. "They knew it was a bomb. Debris flying all over, mostly glass.”

 

Timeline of attacks

Deputy Assistant Police Commissioner Brian Paddick said the first explosion, at 8:51 a.m. local time, hit a London Underground train that was 100 yards into a tunnel outside Moorgate station in the financial district in east London. Seven people died there, he said.

 

The second blast, at 8:56 a.m., was in the King's Cross station area of north London, and killed 21, Paddick said.

 

The third explosion, at 9:17 a.m., was near the Edgware station and killed five people, Paddick said.

 

The bus explosion happened at 9:47 a.m.

 

“It was chaos,” said Gary Lewis, who was evacuated from a subway train at King’s Cross station. “The one haunting image was someone whose face was totally black and pouring with blood.”

 

Police sealed off large areas around other underground and mainline rail stations. Firemen donned chemical protection suits before rushing into stations.

 

As the city’s transportation system ground to a near-halt, buses were used as ambulances and an emergency medical station was set up at a hotel. Rescue workers, police and ordinary citizens streamed into the streets to help.

 

Some central London streets emptied of traffic. Groups of commuters who had been on their way to work gathered around corner shops with televisions, watching in silence. The mood was somber and subdued.

 

At the request of Queen Elizabeth II, the Union Jack flag flying over Buckingham Palace was lowered to half staff.

 

'Loads of people screaming'

Bradley Anderson, a subway passenger, told Sky News that "there was some kind of explosion" as his train reached the Edgware Road station in northeast London. "Everything went black and we collided into some kind of oncoming train," Anderson said.

 

Simon Corvett, who was on an eastbound train from Edgware Road station, said that "all of sudden there was this massive huge bang."

 

"It was absolutely deafening and all the windows shattered," he said. "There were just loads of people screaming and the carriages filled with smoke. You could see the carriage opposite was completely gutted. There were some people in real trouble."

 

Claim of responsibility

A Web site posting said the blasts were the work of a group calling itself the "Secret Organization of al-Qaida in Europe."

 

No such group had previously been reported and the claim could not be verified. The claim did not appear on any of the Web sites normally used by al-Qaida.

 

Paddick said no arrests had been made and that police had not received any claim of responsibility, though they were studying the claim posted online.

 

The attacks recalled the 2004 train bombings in Madrid that killed 191 and were blamed on al-Qaida.

 

The Islamic Human Rights Commission warned London Muslims to stay at home to avoid any violence aimed at them.

 

Evening commute a mess

Clarke said efforts would be made to resume underground and bus operations as soon as possible but gave no indication of when that might be.

 

“People are strongly advised not to travel into central London as the emergency services must be allowed to do their work in the most effective way they can,” he said.

 

Most of the transit system still had not restarted by the evening rush hour, forcing tens of thousands to find alternative rides home.

[anja_celine]

It's so sad and shocking what happened there in London today. I still can't believe it. Why do people do things like that. They will not change anything by killing innocent people.....

[nano]

Mad World

[Belle Céline]

its now 37 dead and 700 hurt......

[Mozinha]

I'm scared

 

There's no place we can feel safe right now.

 

Makes me so mad because those people did nothing to deserve a punishment like this.

 

How can someone peacefully sleep knowing that tomorrow he/she will blow up trains and buses and kill people?

[Koolan]

OMG they planned the attack well.

[Celine's Wife]

I heard about it last night.... god that's awful I can't believe these things!

[Bec]

There's no place we can feel safe right now.

Unfortunately, i dont think there ever will be that place again

[powerpuffceline]

May God bless London~I'm sorry to hear that news:-(