Explosions cause new London panic
Four “Small” Explosions in Tube
Terrified Tube passengers were evacuated from trains today after a series of explosions caused panic on the network. The driver of a bus also reported a small explosion as he drove through east London. Metropolitan Police commissioner Sir Ian Blair told reporters at New Scotland Yard the incidents were “serious”. He said there appeared to have been a series of explosions or attempted explosions.
But he added: “The bombs appear to be smaller than on the last occasion.”
The blasts occurred exactly two weeks after the London suicide bombings which left 56 people dead. But there was only one reported injury immediately after today’s incidents.
AJ Strata is all over this, with frequent updates. It may have been a terrorist dress rehearsal gone awry. Armed police have been seen entering a hospital. Reports are that one of the bombs was a nail bomb. One man has been arrested.
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