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Looks like a new attempted terrorist strike in London
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| George Smiley |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4703777.stm
Looks like it was a lucky escape. Four insidents - three tube stations and a bus. Looks like only detenators exploded - either on their own or cos they failed to detenate the actual bomb. Listening to a whitnes on the news now, she said the person that did it (on one of the tube trains) left his rucksack on the train (after the detenator had gone off) then ran off the train and up the stairs (which suggests to me his bomb failed but we dont know that yet)
Police are not at the moment treating the insident as a "major insident" yet |
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| Dupz |
| Just saw on Sky news that the windows in the bus were blown out.. Still havent heard of any injuries yet though, which is good |
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| Dupz |
Armed police have entered a hospital, apparently after one of the fukcs that did a runner..
edit: make that University College Hospital near Warren St |
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| George Smiley |
| quote: | Originally posted by Dupz
Just saw on Sky news that the windows in the bus were blown out.. Still havent heard of any injuries yet though, which is good |
Yea I think we would have heard by now if there were any casualties.
There is a possibility that they were just detenators that exploded, just to cause fear and disruption. But the thing with that is that it means there are four terrorists still out there somewhere and will most likely be caught, meaning they might give info away. I thought it might be suicide bombers gone wrong cos at least suicide bomber 'destroy the evidence' |
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| Dupz |
| quote: | Originally posted by George Smiley
Yea I think we would have heard by now if there were any casualties.
There is a possibility that they were just detenators that exploded, just to cause fear and disruption. But the thing with that is that it means there are four terrorists still out there somewhere and will most likely be caught, meaning they might give info away. I thought it might be suicide bombers gone wrong cos at least suicide bomber 'destroy the evidence' |
Police have reported one injury at Warren St, while specialists in chemical protection suits are entering the subway at the same station |
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| metalgearsolid |
Thats pretty good news. Seems like no one has died. But on cnn they said they werent suicidal bombers. If they were there would be dead people.
they said there was a "sour" smell. What type of bomb is that?? |
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| Shakka |
| quote: | Originally posted by metalgearsolid
Thats pretty good news. Seems like no one has died. But on cnn they said they werent suicidal bombers. If they were there would be dead people.
they said there was a "sour" smell. What type of bomb is that?? |
Bloomberg was reporting that one of them was a "nailbomb" earlier this morning. |
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| bubble |
| quote: | Originally posted by Yahoo
"An Italian young man ... said a man was carrying a rucksack (that) suddenly exploded, a minor explosion but enough to blow open the rucksack, and the man then made an exclamation as if something had gone wrong and ... everyone rushed off the carriage." |
:wtf: amateurs... |
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| Q5echo |
sounds like amatuer's taking advantage of some of the rhetoric pushing the country by way of Spain.
if thats the case it will backfire. |
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| Fir3start3r |
Anyone claim responsibility yet?
I haven't seen anything regarding that... |
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| Dupz |
| quote: | Originally posted by Fir3start3r
Anyone claim responsibility yet?
I haven't seen anything regarding that... |
I think 2 people have been arrested so far. |
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| josh4 |
| I don't understand the motivation. I saw a piece on CNN that said the motive isn't usually fanatical religious beliefs but in an effort to get foreign troops out of a particular area. It would seem like it has the opposite effect, causing the West to spend more time in the middle east. |
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