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Reports of "Incidents" in 3 London Underground Stations (Evacuated)

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  1. Miguel

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    On CNN at the moment...will find a news link soon.

    http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/07/21/london.tube/index.html


    LONDON, England (CNN) -- Emergency services personnel are attending three different Tube stations in central London following reports of "incidents," police said on Thursday.

    A Scotland Yard spokesperson told CNN that Warren Street, Shepherds Bush and Oval stations had all been evacuated.

    There are no reports of any casualties at this stage, sources told the UK Press Association.

    London Underground confirmed that services on three lines were suspended following a number of incidents, according to PA.

    No further information was available. Passengers at Warren Street reported seeing smoke but police could not confirm this.

    The reports came two weeks to the day since bombs on three Underground trains in London and a double-decker bus killed 56 people including four bombers.



    I need to stop watching the new at 6-7am.
     
    #1 Miguel, Jul 21, 2005
  2. Harrisment

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    They just broke in on CBS with this news. Sounds like they don't have much info at this point, but they also repeated there are no known casualties.
     
    #2 Harrisment, Jul 21, 2005
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    They're getting reports now that there was also an incident on a bus.
     
    #3 Harrisment, Jul 21, 2005
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    One Underground passenger told Sky TV a traveler's rucksack had exploded on a train. The report has not been confirmed.

    Ivan McCracken told Sky News: "I was in a middle carriage and the train was not far short of Warren Street station when suddenly the door between my carriage and the next one burst open and dozens of people started rushing through. Some were falling, there was mass panic.

    "It was difficult to get the story from any of them what had happened but when I got to ground level there was an Italian young man comforting an Italian girl who told me he had seen what had happened.

    "He said a man was carrying a rucksack and the rucksack suddenly exploded. It was a minor explosion but enough to blow open the rucksack.

    "The man then made an exclamation as if something had gone wrong. At that point everyone rushed from the carriage."
     
    #4 mateo, Jul 21, 2005
  5. PhiSlammaJamma

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    Terrible, but we will bring them down one by one. I have to ride the DC subway today to the ball game. But I'll appreciate the added security.
     
    #5 PhiSlammaJamma, Jul 21, 2005
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    1 dead... a tragedy still. :( :mad:
     
    #6 IROC it, Jul 21, 2005
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