London has been hit by a series of bombs.
Breaking story and all, possible train crash at Kings Cross station, bombing at Aldgate East station, a bus has been ripped apart in Tavistock Square. More reports coming in, several people injured at Aldgate, probable fatalities at Tavistock, the central city is basically locked down by police and medical staff. The Underground has been closed down, all Zone 1 and 2 Tube stations are closed, all Zone 1 buses have ceased. The mobile phone systems in south east England are crashing...
My first thought when I heard the news an hour ago was of the bombing in Madrid. Especially with no warning, whereas if it was the IRA they would give warning, could be Al Qaeda. Early minutes and hours yet though. Channel 7 have cut into the cricket coverage to cross to Sky News UK - was watching the ABC before.
What with 10,000 cops being in Scotland to protect eight men, maybe London was a bit lightly policed - I can just imagine that maybe half of them are heading down south as we speak. And just after the wonder of the announcement of the Olympics decision yesterday, and Hyde Park being the centre of the universe last weekend, has brought Britain back down to earth I think.
The thought was always 'when, not if' with a big terrorist attack on London, and just had the Met Commissioner on the TV saying that there were six bombings, five at Tube stations and one on a bus. And African debt and climate change and the Olympics are just going to slide way off the radar at Gleneagles.
Two dead and ninety injured at this stage, and I think that is only at Aldgate. No, update that, up to twenty dead now. And three buses were bombed.
I need a scrolly thing at the top of this blog, feel like I am doing a news report or something.
More to follow shortly.
Breaking story and all, possible train crash at Kings Cross station, bombing at Aldgate East station, a bus has been ripped apart in Tavistock Square. More reports coming in, several people injured at Aldgate, probable fatalities at Tavistock, the central city is basically locked down by police and medical staff. The Underground has been closed down, all Zone 1 and 2 Tube stations are closed, all Zone 1 buses have ceased. The mobile phone systems in south east England are crashing...
My first thought when I heard the news an hour ago was of the bombing in Madrid. Especially with no warning, whereas if it was the IRA they would give warning, could be Al Qaeda. Early minutes and hours yet though. Channel 7 have cut into the cricket coverage to cross to Sky News UK - was watching the ABC before.
What with 10,000 cops being in Scotland to protect eight men, maybe London was a bit lightly policed - I can just imagine that maybe half of them are heading down south as we speak. And just after the wonder of the announcement of the Olympics decision yesterday, and Hyde Park being the centre of the universe last weekend, has brought Britain back down to earth I think.
The thought was always 'when, not if' with a big terrorist attack on London, and just had the Met Commissioner on the TV saying that there were six bombings, five at Tube stations and one on a bus. And African debt and climate change and the Olympics are just going to slide way off the radar at Gleneagles.
Two dead and ninety injured at this stage, and I think that is only at Aldgate. No, update that, up to twenty dead now. And three buses were bombed.
I need a scrolly thing at the top of this blog, feel like I am doing a news report or something.
More to follow shortly.
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