From PA:
SIR IAN BLAIR STATEMENT
Here is a full transcript of Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair’s statement:
“We know that we have four explosions, four attempts at explosions, and it’s still pretty unclear as to what’s happened.
“There’s certainly a scene at the Oval Underground station, there’s a scene at Warren Street Underground station, there is a scene at Shepherd’s Bush which is on the Underground but is actually above ground and there’s a scene on a number 26 bus at Hackney near Columbia Road, which I believe is in Bethnal Green.
“At the moment the casualty numbers appear to be very low in the explosions.
“The bombs appear to be smaller than on the last occasion.
“I don’t know the implications of all this yet. We have to examine the scene very carefully.
“I have a couple of messages that I really need to give.
“The first is the transport system is going to close down for a short while, while we work out what’s happened.
“It’s very important that Londoners and people in London stay where they are.
“The second announcement is we will make a further announcement about what the travel implications are.
“What we don’t want is lots of people going to railway stations. The trains, as far as I know, are still running.
“It’s just: ‘Stay where you are, go about your normal business’.
“Again, the plan is there, you’ve seen it happen before, it’s rehearsed.
“The emergency services are getting control over a very confused scene.
“Clearly, this is a very serious incident.
“What I’m doing now is I’m going off to Cobra (the Government emergency response committee) to meet the Home Secretary and others to see where we go from here.”
From which I deduce "very serious" is a general press release description, not relating directly to anything in particular, so I wouldn't take it as an indication of increased threat. |
