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terror in london
7 July 2005
TUBE BLASTS BRING DEATH AND CHAOS TO RUSH-HOUR LONDON
By Steve Purcell
Explosions on the London underground have brought death and chaos to the capital this morning.
Several people are reported to have been killed or injured and the whole of the Tube network was shut down just before 9am, at the height of the rush hour.
There were also reports of three explosions on buses around London.
British Transport Police said power surges had caused explosions at Aldgate, Edgware Road, King's Cross, Old Street and Russell Square.
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However, other unconfirmed reports said the scale of the explosions appeared more like a terrorist incident.
Scotland Yard confirmed there had been an explosion on a bus in Tavistock Place, near Russell Square, leaving the bus ripped apart. A spokesman said police were at the scene and attempting to determine what had happened.
Emergency services were called to London's Liverpool Street Station after reports of an explosion shortly before 9am.
Passengers were seen emerging from tunnels covered in soot an blood. Scotand Yard declared the incident a "major emergency."
Home Secretary Charles Clarke said there had been "terrible injuries" and the government were assessing the situation. He said the police had very well established procedures in place to deal with the emergency and urged people not to travel into or around the capital.
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".
"There are walking wounded, but that is as much as we know at the moment," said the 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."
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