Explosions in london

thelordofcheese · 07-07-2005 8:46am #1

Not sure if this is the rigth place, but anyway...

" There has been an explosion at Aldgate East underground station in London, causing the closure of the entire Tube network...."

SkyNews --> Here

BBC News --> here

So how long before some "sources" start suggesting terrorist involvment?

taking all bets.....

karlh · 07-07-2005 8:49am

well sounds a bit much for a power surge.....

also 1 site says 'Aldgate' and another source says 'Liverpool Street', they aint the same place.

weird indeed.

Lump · 07-07-2005 8:55am

There were two explosions..... hence two locations

John

RuggieBear · 07-07-2005 8:57am

radio 5live just said there are unconfirmed reports of 30 dead :eek:

and that the explosion possibly happened on one of the trains

rabbitinlights · 07-07-2005 8:58am

A seperate explosion on a bus has just happened...... just seen it on sky news.

The whole of the underground is shut down.

This looks very bad........

MorningStar · 07-07-2005 9:01am

I was thinking that the progress in the North must have helped the bid for the Olympics.
The tube system being down will make the city impossible. I was there during a tube strike before and it was hell.

I hope there isn't too many injuries. They are saying it was power surges.

That is a few such surges in the last few years maybe electricty is turning evil

Töpher · 07-07-2005 9:02am

How does a bus blow up from a power surge?

YeatsCounty · 07-07-2005 9:04am

Reported explosions in the Tube system, and now an explosion on a London Bus.........f*ck.

As rabbitinlights said, this is looking extremely bad.

thelordofcheese · 07-07-2005 9:04am

well i don't put much stock on what sky say anyway, unless i see it verified somewhere else.

But if it's true it looks like i'll have to eat some form of humble pie for my earlier cockyness

rabbitinlights · 07-07-2005 9:07am

Probably the french after yesterday.............

RuggieBear · 07-07-2005 9:10am

witness claims to have seen a bomb explode in litter bin.....

alot of unconfirmed reports and the like

thelordofcheese · 07-07-2005 9:10am

i can imagine it now

"lets see ze english has ze olympics with no busses... ho-ho-ho!"

TerrorFirmer · 07-07-2005 9:11am

eek....war of the worlds

Seriously, have not heard anything about this, although I am just sitting in the office typing letters.

Might browse the net now to check it out.

Sounds very bad indeed...

GOAT_BOY · 07-07-2005 9:12am

and so it begins

Mitch Connor · 07-07-2005 9:12am

one explosion was at either Liverpool St or Aldgate, the second was at Edgeware(sp) where two trains are said to have collided.

Peteee · 07-07-2005 9:12am

RuggieBear wrote:

witness claims to have seen a bomb explode in litter bin.....

alot of unconfirmed reports and the like

Theres no bins on the underground for the very reasons of people putting bombs in them.

Sky news make it sound like the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse are coming,

"The entire Tube network has been shut down following the blasts at Aldgate, Edgware Road, King's Cross, Old Street and Russell Square."

Wouldnt mind having access to a TV right now tbh

Lump · 07-07-2005 9:14am

No explosions ona bus....

John

BlitzKrieg · 07-07-2005 9:15am

source lump?

rabbitinlights · 07-07-2005 9:15am

Peteee wrote:

Sky news make it sound like the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse are coming,

"The entire Tube network has been shut down following the blasts at Aldgate, Edgware Road, King's Cross, Old Street and Russell Square."

Well they are only saying what HAS happened? They are clarifing that alot of these are just reports, although the bus has just been confirmed.

S.

BossArky · 07-07-2005 9:16am

I live 2 minutes from Aldgate East tube station. Working from home today & for the past half an hour there have been many fire brigades and ambulances up and down the streets outside.

seamus · 07-07-2005 9:16am

G8 started yesterday? Coincidence? I doubt it.

Hope it's just an isolated incident.

RuggieBear · 07-07-2005 9:16am

Peteee wrote:

Theres no bins on the underground for the very reasons of people putting bombs in them.

never said it was in the underground. this is sky(:rolleyes: )and radio 5 i'm quoting.

PA are saying a bus has been ripped open at Russell sq and 2 explosions on the tube network(unconfirmed)

YeatsCounty · 07-07-2005 9:16am

Still nothing on the BBC about the bus bomb. Until I see it there, I won't fully believe it (got to keep a little bit of hope).

There's going to be a hell of a lot of unconfirmed reports at a time like this.

yossarin · 07-07-2005 9:16am

sky are claiming a bus: http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1188265,00.html

but thats sky. none of the others have confirmed this yet

toiletduck · 07-07-2005 9:17am

a lot of rumours will start going around at a time like this, people start overeacting to everything

Ciaran500 · 07-07-2005 9:19am

Apparently a policeman has confirmed the bus explosion. And on sky now they are talking to someone who has apparently seen the bus.

yossarin · 07-07-2005 9:19am

it was a sky producer who saw the bus bomb firsthand, guardian says.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/transport/Story/0,2763,1523084,00.html
scotland yard have not confirmed this yet though.

RE*AC*TOR · 07-07-2005 9:20am

scotland yard confirmed multiple explosions (newstalk)

Ciaran500 · 07-07-2005 9:22am

Just confirmed the explosion on the bus now.

RuggieBear · 07-07-2005 9:22am

scotland yard confirm bus explosion (PA) :eek: :eek: :eek:

bullock · 07-07-2005 9:22am

This is no Power Surge .... Possibility a terrosist attack. A bus has exploded and there has been 3 explosions in the tube.

Ciaran500 · 07-07-2005 9:23am

Reports of 3 different busses around london.

RuggieBear · 07-07-2005 9:23am

unions saying 3 seperate bus explosions

Lump · 07-07-2005 9:24am

Well my source was the bbc, but now it's on the BBC too, apparently 3 explosions on the Underground, one in a bin and one on a bus. Power Surge?! I think not...

John

BlitzKrieg · 07-07-2005 9:26am

f*ck me...

TerrorFirmer · 07-07-2005 9:26am

Any confirmed deaths? Websites simply stating "Many hurt", but there has to have been fatalities in the event of multiple explosions that ripped open a bus and detonated on the lines

dlofnep · 07-07-2005 9:28am

check the news. 3 buses exploded from what i'm gathering

joejoem · 07-07-2005 9:28am

Bombs on the underground and now on a bus

YeatsCounty · 07-07-2005 9:28am

Now I'm extremely worried...........and all after a day of such joy for London as well.

What's next, I wonder?

dlofnep · 07-07-2005 9:28am

Underground has been attacked too. WTF!!!11

BlitzKrieg · 07-07-2005 9:29am

just got told of 7 explosions in the tube any truth to this?

jimbling · 07-07-2005 9:29am

keep the info coming guys... skynews and bbc etc websites are all getting slow...... too much traffic.... anything new?

redspider · 07-07-2005 9:30am

rabbitinlights wrote:

Probably the french after yesterday.............

Definitely not the French.

This is a Major Incident. Go to a TV and Watch Sky or BBC24 or CNN or whatever. It looks like a co-ordinated terrorist bomb attack on Londo, no doubt to co-incide with the G8. Buses have been blown up, and there have been multiple explosions on the Tube. There are injuries and there must be deaths, alas.

I have been expecting something over the last couple of years to happen by Al Qaueda or related terrorist networks as a payback for the Iraq invasion. It looks like they bided their time and hit a soft target, as usual, the innocent people. I thought something would happen before the UK elections but it didnt.

People like Blair and Bush are safe, its the inncent people of this world who take the brunt of their ill-judged decisions, and unfortunately, the same innocent people of this world voted them back in recently.

Its looking like a tragic day for people in London.

Redspider

Zapho · 07-07-2005 9:30am

A powersurge wouldn't cause a train to explode, they have safety measures in place to prevent that. There's no confirmed deaths yet but BBC say there's at least one person whos not looking good

RE*AC*TOR · 07-07-2005 9:30am

3 separate bus explosions in city centre.
2/3 explosions in underground.
witnesses saying bodies on the line.

Ciaran500 · 07-07-2005 9:31am

Bus bombs sounds big. It went off when people where piling onto the bus.

MicraBoy · 07-07-2005 9:31am

Just heard description of one bus bomb blast on NewsTalk 106. Multiple explosions on Tube and Bus network.

TerrorFirmer · 07-07-2005 9:33am

Ciaran500 wrote:

Bus bombs sounds big. It went off when people where piling onto the bus.

The number of dead will probably rise from several comfirmed fatalities, to a dozen, etc etc...

Given the circumstances and locations, there must be a considerable amount of deaths, unfortunately.

Lump · 07-07-2005 9:33am

Lets watch it chinese whisper, and go out of all proportion. Peope are dead, 3 so far I think. But on News 24/ITV news/Sky

John

thelordofcheese · 07-07-2005 9:33am

The National Power grid in england have allready stated that the power-surge thing is bull****, not a chance.

egan007 · 07-07-2005 9:34am

How about everyone waits to find out instead

Sky news and even some people on this thread are almost hoping / willing for a bomb
It's as if the more sensational the outcome the more entertained they will be.

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