Blasts occurred:
Between Aldgate East and Liverpool Street tube stations
Between Russell Square and King's Cross tube stations
At Edgware Road tube station
On bus at Tavistock Square
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.
Good ole' Chuck E Cheez.... What a sleezeball........ I'm going to go puke now....
"One day the black flag of Islam will be flying over Downing Street."
That was stated by Anjem Choudray, spokesman for the Al-Muhajiroun ("the immigrants"), a radical Islamic movement in Britain which seeks to establish Islamic supremacy and calls for a jihad against opponents of Islam.
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Blasts occurred:
Between Aldgate East and Liverpool Street tube stations
Between Russell Square and King's Cross tube stations
At Edgware Road tube station
On bus at Tavistock Square
It's bad form.
He is very well spoken. Certainly better than "get some duct tape" LOL!
What in hell, are our leaders doing about it.
Agreed. If we don't stop Iran now, we will have a nuke go off in an American city.
How could you?
LOL... I agree
I second that.
I hate to tell you but I am listening to BBC now and someguy said that the muslim community in London must not be subjected to anger, at all cost.
Unbelieveable. Deport all Muslims - to Cuba.
"...I'm thinking of buying that bumper sticker...."
My brother has one on his truck that says, "I am proud of what America USED to be".
I just looked up CAIRS site too and all they have is BS about our injustices to Muslims. They are a joke!
Yeah, but isn't investigating the mistreatment of the detainees at GITMO more important ? /sarc.
I wish that they WERE going to kick some butt...
I wish that President Bush and Tony Blair would huddle and get the air forces together and just bomb the heck out of the Patkistani border area---if Musharaff gets mad, say OOPS, we thought it was Afghanistan...or, better yet...too bad, so sad...WE HAVE TO GO A KILL THESE EVIL DEVILS!!!
Thanks.
British police forensic experts walk away from the wreckage of a double-decker London bus which was ripped apart by an explosion in Russell Square in central London, Thursday July 7, 2005.
Three U.S. law enforcement officials said at least 40 people were killed and London hospitals reported more than 350 wounded in the terror attacks. (AP PHOTO/Max Nash)
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