New Incidents Reported In London

[ThomB]

Incidents at 3 underground stations involving a nail bomb at one station and 1 small explosion on a bus.

[daveymck]

Sounding like some sort of less effective copycat attack, doesnt sound as bad as yet.

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Train passenger Ivan McCracken told Sky News he spoke to an Italian man who witnessed an explosion.

"He told me he had seen a man carrying a rucksack which suddenly exploded. It was a minor explosion but enough to blow open his rucksack. Everyone rushed from the carriage. People evacuated very quickly. There was no panic.

"I didn't see anyone injured but there was shock and fright.

"There was a smell of smoke."

"The man who was holding the rucksack looked extremely dismayed


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[ditto]

Doesn't sound as serious as last time, just a detonator on the bus with no casualties....

[Vavavoom]

This is getting ridiculous.........

Gonna be a big public backlash IMHO...

[diebitter]

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This is getting ridiculous.........

Gonna be a big public backlash IMHO...

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In what sense is it getting ridiculous? Backlash against who/what?

Not trying to be argumentative, but really not sure what you mean.

[Vavavoom]

Erm, I live & work in London.......

The whole threat of not being able to get on trains is ridiculous....Living with a fear that somebody (Suicide Bomber) is willing to take people with them.....

Public Backlash :

1. They will want security improved to the same standard that it is on planes.

2. Unfortunately, To a degree, it doesn't help strengthen ties to the Muslim community (Although, reports are cloudy at this stage), people automatically think they are responsible....

Hope this is a little bit clearer....I'm not being argumentative....but this is not a nice place to be living at the moment....

[langley11]

I can imagine it must be really hard to live in London right now. I was actually there last weekend for the first time, but I was surprised that in general I din't think one time about the bombings one week earlier. Seems people just continue to live their lives as usual...and what else can they do.

[diebitter]

Gotcha.

I was asking cos your first post could be read a number of ways (eg backlash against govmt etc etc).

I agree and sympathise. I am from London (don't live there any more), so understand completely the transport/tube issues.


A bit OT - The weirdest one reported was the potential device on the bus in Bethnal Green. Seems a strange place for something like that - more like a right-wing extremist target, I'd speculate. Anyway, better shut up before the conspiracy theorists get onto it...

[daveymck]

Radio saying there is a unexploded package at shepards bush, sounds as though detonators have gone off but the explosives havent.

Hope its an attention seeking copycat attack as much more worrying if there are going to be multiple attacks.

[Vavavoom]

diebitter....u probably have a point there.....that could be close.....

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more like a right-wing extremist target, I'd speculate. Anyway, better shut up before the conspiracy theorists get onto it...

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