Our blood brothers are under attack.
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.
FNC: EU Spokesman: This is a terrorist attack.
Sod off!
Not appropriate for what's going on now.
Y'all have always been there for us; we'll always be there for you. Period.
~Laz 7/7
This cannot be stressed enough.
"'90' casualties from these attacks."
Fox cautions that casualties are "any injuries," so it is not clear what the extent is. Of course it is all preliminary at this point.
Prayers for our British friends and allies.
I'm here.
Regards, Ivan
Has anyone claimed this horrific act?
getting ready to board my train into the Big Apple. Any news or threats? please ping me, I will be monitoring my blackberry constantly.
Thanks
Without a doubt -- London has suffered a MAJOR terrorist attack.
What is on that person's face?
I'm just SICK. But I'm MAD sick. Foaming mouth mad sick. Mad dog sick. Whoever these a-holes are, they did a VERY stupid thing. VERY.
LOL. I'm more concerned with the trees down 'round here than foolin' with MARTA...
Keep yourself safe.
Not really, A large percentage of the British population will blame Bush, and the war in Iraq.
I've also heard reports of the Brighton train station being closed and another station (didn't catch the name) closed for a "security incident."
Horrible, isn´t it??
Our blood brothers are under attack.
I think you're wrong.
Not yet.
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