King's Cross
Posted on 07/07/2005 1:45:13 AM PDT by RWR8189
There has been an explosion at Aldgate East underground station in London, causing the closure of the entire Tube network.
There are also reports that a second incident took place at Edgware Road station in north west London.
The Aldgate East blast was caused by "some kind of power surge", according to Tube infrastructure company Metronet, which is responsible for maintaining the Metropolitan line.
A spokesman said: "We don't know the extent of the problem yet."
A London Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: "We have just sent some resources out to the scene."
British Transport Police confirmed that there are "walking wounded" and said paramedics have responded to one report of a person classed as "life at risk".
"It's chaos, with people trying to work out what has happened," said a spokesman.
"All we know at the moment is that staff reported a loud bang at 8.49am. No one is sure what caused an explosion, but it is thought it could have been a collision, a power cut, or a power cable problem."
One witness said the packed underground train he was on was 200 metres from Kings Cross when there was a huge flash.
The train stopped and people were using umberellas to smash windows of the trains. Passengers were led out of the train by underground staff.
He added people were milling around Kings Cross covered in soot.
England's 9/11?
It is not the Provo style Cooper.
now i hear 6 subway, 3 buses (bbs five live)
London was so happy yesterday.
Or G8 anarchists.
Yep.
July 7 (seven-seven).
Thank you, Miss Marple. Time for prayers for all our great friends.
Sky News:
3 explosions on buses in Central London.
Hey, Prayers for our British cousins...they have been attcaked.
This is too big for Irish terror groups, especially since things are improving in N Ireland. If it was a terror attack, as it looks right now, it were Islamic terrorists. It´s definitely a well-chosen time with the Olympics-decision and the G8-conference in Britain.
The Irish still a major problem there? I thought they had settled that feud years ago.
Well, Fox finally has a feed from Sky news
Islamic Extremists or Irish Terrorists.
The Irish are not THIS crazy.
*DJ 7 Dead At London Algate Station-Unconfirmed Radio Report
Security was concentrated up at Gleneagles, no doubt.
Because in those (most) cases they are able to confirm relatively quickly that in fact it wasn't terrorism. In other cases they don't rule it out, but say it isn't likely, and so far they have been proven correct in every one of those. However no authorities today have said these 7 explosions are "definitely not terrorism". Not that the facts will ever get in the way of the armchair critics and those who want to scream 'coverup' before a word has been spoken.
http://db.riskwaters.com/public/showPage.html?page=286403
"UK stocks down as explosions rock City"
Thursday 7th July 2005: 10:11
By Jonathan Boyd
King's Cross
It is looking like a major terrorist incident - multiple explosions across Central London with the power surge a pre-designated cover story.
I am starting to get a bit freaked out. Dammit I take that bus often.
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