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Terrorists Attack London's Transportation System (pg. 17)
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| Orko |
| quote: | Minor explosions using detonators only have sparked the evacuation of three Tube stations and the closure of three lines, a BBC correspondent has said.
Police cordoned off large areas around Warren Street, Oval and one of the Shepherd's Bush Tube stations.
A route 26 bus in Hackney Road in Bethnal Green had its windows blown out by a blast. There were no injuries.
Police in London say they are not treating the incidents as "a major incident yet".
One person was injured at Warren Street, although the person's condition is unknown.
The whole of the Northern Line has been suspended, along with the Victoria Line and the Hammersmith and City line.
A number of other stations were closed including Westminster tube station, Waterloo station and King's Cross Thameslink. There were also reports that St Paul's tube station was closed.
Tony Blair cancelled events in the afternoon and will be attending a meeting of the Cobra committee along with Foreign Secretary Jack Straw.
The BBC's Andrew Winstanley said devices had been found but appeared to have been dummies, containing no explosives.
London Underground went to an amber alert with trains taken to the next station and evacuated.
An eyewitness at Oval station said there had been a small bang, and a man had then run off when the Tube reached the station.
Police have set up cordons round the stations
A spokesman for Stagecoach said the driver of the number 26 bus travelling through Shoreditch had heard a bang on upper deck, gone upstairs and seen the windows were blown out.
The bus driver was very shaken but said to be fine.
At Shepherd's Bush station, police told reporters that a man had threatened to blow himself up and then ran off.
Sosiane Mohellavi, 35, was travelling from Oxford Circus to Walthamstow when she was evacuated from a train at Warren Street.
"I was in the carriage and we smelt smoke - it was like something was burning.
"Everyone was panicked and people were screaming. We had to pull the alarm. I am still shaking."
The BBC's Rory Barnett said there had been no smoke on the platform at Warren St.
Liz Edwards, who works near Warren Street Underground station, said the area was full of activity.
"There are police, fire engines and ambulances all around there. A guy from our office had just come back from the station and said the police were aggressively keeping people away from the station and that you could not get anywhere near it."
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| SPANIARD |
| ....And world Stupidity continues:rolleyes: |
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| zokissima |
| This is only going to get worse... |
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| Stingray |
| Thank goodness no one was killed this time... |
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| zoogla |
| quote: | Originally posted by Stingray
Thank goodness no one was killed this time... |
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| Orko |
| quote: | A man has been shot dead by armed officers at Stockwell Tube station, as police hunt four would-be bombers.
Passenger Mark Whitby told BBC News he had seen a man of Asian appearance shot five times by "plain-clothes police officers" with a handgun.
"I saw the gun being fired five times into the guy - he is dead," he said.
Passengers were evacuated from the Northern Line station in south London. The incident followed four attempted bombings in the capital on Thursday.
"They pushed him to the floor, bundled on top of him and unloaded five shots into him
Police have cordoned off a 200-metre area around Stockwell station.
Services on the Victoria and Northern lines were suspended following a request by the police.
Ambulances, including an air ambulance, have been sent to the scene at Stockwell.
Mr Whitby, told BBC News: "I was sitting on the train reading my paper.
"I heard a load of noise, people saying, 'Get out, get down!'
"I saw an Asian guy run onto the train hotly pursued by three plain-clothes police officers.
'Bomb belt'
"One of them was carrying a black handgun - it looked like an automatic - they pushed him to the floor, bundled on top of him and unloaded five shots into him."
BBC Home affairs correspondent Margaret Gilmore said officers had challenged a known suspect they had been following.
"He ran, they followed him. They say they gave him a warning, they then shot him.
"They brought in the air ambulance. They did everything they can to revive him. He died at the scene."
Police had warned they would shoot to kill if they believed somebody to be a threat, she added.
BBC crime correspondent Neil Bennett said the suspect was being followed as a result of CCTV footage seen by officers investigating Thursday's explosions.
The Muslim Council of Britain said Muslims were concerned about a possible "shoot to kill" policy.
Spokesman Inayat Bunglawala said "There may well be reasons why the police felt it necessary to unload five shots into the man and shoot him dead, but they need to make those reasons clear.
"It's vital the police give a statement about what occurred and explain why the man was shot dead."
Another passenger on the train, Anthony Larkin, told BBC News the man had been wearing a "bomb belt with wires coming out".
"I've seen these police officers shouting, 'Get down, get down!', and I've seen this guy who appears to have a bomb belt and wires coming out.
"People were panicking and I heard shots being fired."
Former Flying Squad officer, John O'Connor, told BBC News: "The man shot must either be one of the bombers or a potential suicide bomber."
Bombers "don't always carry sports bags" and the man could easily have been wearing a bomb belt, he added.
If he had been challenged by police and failed to stop they "have not got a lot of alternative", Mr O'Connor told BBC News.
Officers would be trained to aim for the head as shots to the torso could trigger a hidden explosive device, he added.
Londoner Dan Copeland was in the carriage in which the man was shot.
He told BBC News: "We were sitting for a few minutes on the platform, then we heard shouting from the concourse between the two platforms.
'Dull bangs'
"Then the man burst in through the door to my right and grabbed hold of the pole and a person by the glass partition near the door, diagonally opposite me.
"An officer jumped on the door to my left and screamed, 'Everybody out!'
"People just froze in their seats cowering for a few seconds and then leapt up.
"As I turned out the door onto the platform, I heard four dull bangs.
"I ran past an armed officer who was standing on the platform and ran up the stairs."
After Thursday's London blasts, the bombers fled when detonators went off, causing small blasts, but failed to detonate the bombs themselves.
A massive hunt is under way for the men. Analysts believe evidence from the four scenes - at Oval, Shepherd's Bush, Warren Street and on a bus in Shoreditch in east London - could throw light onto the bomb attacks carried out on 7 July.
On Thursday, it is thought detonators went off, causing small blasts, but failed to detonate the bombs themselves.
The attempted attacks caused travel chaos across the capital, with several lines closed and Tube stations evacuated.
Scotland Yard commissioner Sir Ian Blair said the attacks had been intended to kill people.
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| Orko |
| quote: | Originally posted by jon jon
^ in awesome. |
if in fact the reports of a 'bomb' belt are true.
I would be concerned with a 'shoot to kill' policy as well, that can get abused so easily. I know its a serious matter, but so is this policy. |
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| starsearcher |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orko
if in fact the reports of a 'bomb' belt are true.
I would be concerned with a 'shoot to kill' policy as well, that can get abused so easily. I know its a serious matter, but so is this policy. |
I am reading some reports on Yahoo News how "east asians" and muslims in general (in Britain) are now "worried" and "jittery"...for 's sakes...maybe if they actually did something instead of holding signs sayign "we don't kill people" and fight the problem then they wouldn't have that problem. UGH!!! This is so frustrating... :whip: |
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| SurrJRS |
The fine people at Visual IT wish to express their deepest sympathies to Londoners, and are giving away their London tube navigation software which is available for Palm OS, Pocket PC OS & Symbian UIQ devices.
http://www.visualit.co.uk/Tube2-london.htm#
Insanely useful IMHO.
 
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| starsearcher |
If you see these guys call the police
They are suspects in the attempted attacks yesterday |
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