London Terrorist Attacks July 2005

The resistable rise of Reidcourchie

09:00 / 07.07.05

20 confirmed dead

09:01 / 07.07.05

I'm watching the BBC and will update as and when I can. It looks like the Emergency Services are responding superbly. "Several reports of fatalities..." according to the TV.

Our Lady Has Left the Building

09:01 / 07.07.05

BBC are now spinning more towards deliberate nasty people action rather than accident. If it were terr'rists, I would have thought they would have gone for attacking the big mainline stations like Waterloo and Victoria rather than underground and buses...

Bear

09:02 / 07.07.05

ITV have just reported that at least 20 dead so far.

The resistable rise of Reidcourchie

09:02 / 07.07.05

Yeah, Nina will be in bed, as will Uncle Alex or whatever he's calling himself now. I'll still feel better once I've spoken to them though.

Fridgemagnet?

lula, Haus started a thread on the explosions in Switchboard so I think he is okay...

waxy dan

09:04 / 07.07.05

Reidcourchie thanks, only have web access here and it's tetchy at best.
kitkat Go home. Surely your bosses are okay with people leaving, all things considered?

Ganesh

09:06 / 07.07.05

Mobile networks being taken down specifically to foil potential terrorists, according to ITV.

Bear

09:08 / 07.07.05

Fridge has update livejournal, he's cool.

Olulabelle

09:08 / 07.07.05

I hate sitting at work not knowing.

Thanks for the updates on people.

09:09 / 07.07.05

It seems that somethings happened and Kingscross, not sure if it's a bomb or collision, I stress that this has not been confirmed.

waxy dan

09:09 / 07.07.05

Reidcourchie thanks, only have web access here and it's tetchy at best.
kitkat Go home. Surely your bosses are okay with people leaving, all things considered?

Olulabelle

09:11 / 07.07.05

Yes please, go home KCC.

Ariadne

09:12 / 07.07.05

Well, except how does she get home? And perhaps she's safer indoors for now?

Kit-Cat Club

09:12 / 07.07.05

We can't I don't think we can leave the building, and I don't want to go out of communication

09:12 / 07.07.05

Everyone is being told to stay where they are as travel is impossible, unless told otherwise

Suspect packages popping up all over the place - Stockwell now closed

waxy dan

From the Met website:
"Major Transport Incident

At approx 08:50 on 7.7.05 we were called to Aldgate LT stn to assist the City of London police and BTP regarding an incident on the underground system.

All of the emergency services are on scene.

This has been declared as a major incident.

Too early to state what has happened at this stage.

There have been further reports from multiple locations in London of explosions. It is too early to say what has caused these explosions.

Police are responding to reports from:

Edgware Rd
Kings Cross
Liverpool St
Russell Sq
Aldgate East
Moorgate underground stations.

Furthermore there has been a confirmed explosion on a bus in Tavistock Place.

The MPS, BTP, City of London Police are working together to ensure officers are deployed to each scene.

There have been reports of numerous casualties but it is too early to say numbers at this stage".

Bear

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Reports of Swindon and Brighton stations being closed now. Swindon due to a "security incident"

The resistable rise of Reidcourchie

I've managed to get in touch with lilly, TangoMango, Anna, Tabitha Tickletooth and Mr Brigade (whichever he is at the moment...)

Don't have time to go back and check the thread to see if this has been mentioned cos I'm alternating internet with landline calls, but Stockwell's been closed for a suspect package.

This is all rather fucked, isn't it?

Scotland Yard are setting up a casualty Bureau with in the next half an hour, when the put the numbers up I'll post them.

There are no confirmed casualties as yet, though it seems likely there will be.

"Security incidents" have closed Swindon and possibly Brighton train station, please remember that the authorities are in better to be safe than sorry mode.

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I wouldn't advise anyone who's inside heading home yet...

09:14 / 07.07.05

Cat- you probably are best off staying where you are for now- a friend's working at the British Museum and I think that's what they've been told.

Jub

09:14 / 07.07.05

lady - I think it's more of a expect the unexpected kind of attack. You know - it could happen to you.

I'm in London Bridge, and their might be more unexploded bombs near here. witing for the all clear form police.

Also - I ehard form my mates that their is an unexploded one in the National History Museum in S. Kensington.

Smoothly

09:16 / 07.07.05

Army on the street in Covent Garden.

09:17 / 07.07.05

Could people give the source, preferably with links, when quoting casualty figures...

Sax

09:18 / 07.07.05

Blair addressing the nation at midday.

Our Lady Has Left the Building

09:18 / 07.07.05

For once, that's not me being anal, that's me being freaked out!

Haus has reported in via lj...

Warewullf

Police Commissioner bloke on BBC advising people to stay where they are as London Transport system has been completely shut down.

Has also advised Media people NOT to speculate (good for him).

Tony Blair to make statement soon.

Good thoughts to all Londoners...

unheimlich manoeuvre

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Radio 4 - police chief says six explosions. 5 on the tube 1 on a bus.

Anyone heard from Buk? He was asking in the Gathering if people were up for beers near Liverpool Street cos he was gonna be in the area today.

lord henry strikes back

09:21 / 07.07.05

The BBC are now saying that it is likely that the moblie network in parts of london has been shut down officially given the use of phones to set off bombs in Madrid.