Posted on 07/07/2005 1:45:13 AM PDT by RWR8189
There has been an explosion at Aldgate East underground station in London, causing the closure of the entire Tube network.
There are also reports that a second incident took place at Edgware Road station in north west London.
The Aldgate East blast was caused by "some kind of power surge", according to Tube infrastructure company Metronet, which is responsible for maintaining the Metropolitan line.
A spokesman said: "We don't know the extent of the problem yet."
A London Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: "We have just sent some resources out to the scene."
British Transport Police confirmed that there are "walking wounded" and said paramedics have responded to one report of a person classed as "life at risk".
"It's chaos, with people trying to work out what has happened," said a spokesman.
"All we know at the moment is that staff reported a loud bang at 8.49am. No one is sure what caused an explosion, but it is thought it could have been a collision, a power cut, or a power cable problem."
One witness said the packed underground train he was on was 200 metres from Kings Cross when there was a huge flash.
The train stopped and people were using umberellas to smash windows of the trains. Passengers were led out of the train by underground staff.
He added people were milling around Kings Cross covered in soot.
Stay safe.
How many have there been now? Does anybody know?
We'd appreciate your assistance in skinning alive the bastards who did this and dipping them in a vat of flaming iodine.
Regards, Ivan
I made that same comment earlier on this thread... London was so happy yesterday. This is worse than a "gd shame" -- it's an outrage. Maybe now our damn MSM will wake the hell up and realize our WOT is merited and serious.
Whoever did this needs to thank Allah that Lady Thatcher is not still in office.
BBC America will join BBC World at the top of the hour for their regular news update; don't know if they'll stay live with it at that point.
I count eight from what i have read.
Eight so far, by my count.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,161768,00.html
"Explosions Close London Underground"
Thursday, July 07, 2005
Don't count on it. By the end of the day this will be Bush's fault.
Sky : Tony Blair to speak from Gleneagles shortly
I've only heard about one bus and thought I saw a picture of it on MSNBC.
MAJOR terrorist attack? Damn. Effectvely executed too. Geeeeeeeez, our combined intelligence missed it.
Should we should change the headline of this post?
FYI - the video is sporadic at best (it is frozen at :44), and the audio keeps cutting in and out.
No relenting from the press, onyx. You should know that.
FNC reporting four buses.
Could be but this coordination takes planning. I'm not convinced and I'm sure no one else is. London should shut down their buses with these explosions going down STILL.
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