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More than 30 die in terrorist attack on London
July 2nd, 2005
More than 30 have died in the terrorist attack on London today. There where four blasts in total, three on tube trains and one on a London red bus, all have caused serious injuries and fatalities, and resulted in the entire tube network coming to a halt. The attacks have been blamed on terrorists, and have been described by the prime minister as barbaric, with the Queen having the flag outside the palace flying at half-mast in respect to those hurt.
The injured where taken to local hospitals via bus, ambulance and helicopter with 208 brought in to Royal London Hospital 10 serious and six critical. 38 treated at St Mary?s Hospital with 17 seriously injured. Great Ormond Street had about 22 people brought in while the University College Hospital treated about 50 people. The Royal Free Hospital had 55 people arrive, most with minor injuries and Guy?s and St Thomas?s Hospital, eight where brought in.
The three explosions on the London Underground have left 33 dead with the number of people who died in a blast on a double-decker bus unknown. Over 300 people have been treated with many more having to be evacuated from the tubes. The Prime Minister Tony Blair has promised the ?most intense police and security service action to make sure we bring those responsible to justice?. An Islamist website has posted a statement ? purportedly from al-Qaeda ? which has claimed it was behind the attacks, this is not known to be true and could be load of bullshit for all we know.
More will be known tomorrow when officials have had time to gather more intelligence and analyse the bombsites.
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