Sighh so many innocent life gone... till now the count is at least 50. I do hope the authorities will catch the culprits and let justice prevail.
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As the clock ticked, more blasts were reported. Gosh... WTH, who is responsible? I got the news earlier at 5pm (Malaysian time) and straight check BBC website but its kinda congested.
Darn... I can't even concentrate on my work. It's 7.40pm now... I think I better head home sighhh...
At a glance from BBC:
Last Updated: Thursday, 7 July, 2005, 11:09 GMT 12:09 UK
London blasts:
At a glance
Several people have been injured after a series of explosions across
London. The BBC News website is covering events as they unfold:
1205 Prime Minister Tony Blair, at the G8 summit in Gleneagles, says there has been "a series of terrorist attacks in London... people have died and are seriously injured... It is reasonably clear this is designed and timed to coincide with the opening of the G8". He says he will return to London within hours, but that the summit will continue without him
1130 Signs on major roads into London warn: "Avoid London. Area closed. Turn on radio"
1126 The president of the European Parliament, Josep Borrell, blames terrorism for a "coordinated series of attacks" and "confirmed deaths"
SUSPECTED BLAST LOCATIONS
Edgware Road
King's Cross
Liverpool
Street
Russell Square
Aldgate East
Moorgate
1118 London's Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair tells the BBC he knows of "about six explosions", one on a bus and the others related to Underground stations. He says he believes the six affected areas are Edgware Road, King's Cross, Liverpool Street, Russell Square, Aldgate East and Moorgate, but says it is "still a confusing situation". He advises Londoners to "stay where you are - all of London's transport is currently disabled" - he refuses to confirm any fatalities
1055 A doctor tells Reuters there are at least 90 casualties at Aldgate station
1053 Home Secretary Charles Clarke makes a statement outside Downing Street about "dreadful incidents" causing "terrible injuries". He says Prime Minister Tony Blair has been informed and advises the public in London not to make unnecessary journeys
1051 A passenger on a train at Edgware Road says he saw several bodies in the wreckage. A police spokesman says two trains remained stuck in tunnels at Edgware Road
1049 Police say there are serious casualties, but no deaths are confirmed, Associated Press reports
1039 All London hospitals have been put on major incident alert, a hospital spokesman tells PA
1025 Transport union officials say they have reports of explosions on three buses, PA says
1025 PA reports two buses damaged in explosions - one in Russell Square and another in Tavistock Square. Witness, Belinda Seabrook said of the Russell Square blast: "I was on the bus in front and heard an incredible bang, I turned round and half the double decker bus was in the air"
1025 The BBC's Andrew Marr, with the prime minister in Gleneagles, says Number 10 is "still unsure" whether the explosions are a terrorist attack
1023British Transport Police confirm an explosion on a bus in Tavistock Place
1021 Scotland Yard reports "multiple explosions" in London, the Press Association reports
1014 An eyewitness tells PA that a bus has been ripped apart in an explosion in central London
1009 Witness Christina Lawrence, who was on a train leaving Kings Cross, tells BBC News 24: "There was a loud bang in the tunnel and the train just stopped and all of a sudden it was filled with black, gassy smoke and we couldn't breathe"
1002 Scotland Yard says it is dealing with a "major incident"
0940 British Transport Police say power surge incidents have occurred on the Underground at Aldgate, Edgware Road, King's Cross, Old Street and Russell Square stations
0933 London Underground reports "another incident at Edgware Road" station, PA reports
0933 Passengers are told that all London Underground services are being suspended because of a power fault across the network, PA reports
0924 British Transport Police say the incident was possibly caused by a collision between two trains, a power cut or a power cable exploding. Police report "walking wounded"
0915 Press Association reports emergency services called to London's Liverpool Street Station after reports of an explosion
0849 An incident on the Metropolitan Line between Liverpool Street and Aldgate is reported to British Transport Police
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