News & Facts about London bombings

[paul_oshea]

Mobile lines are fecked - trying to get in touch with various people. One friend was on what she described as "the bombed train" and was stuck in a smoke-filled carriage for 2 hours, and now can't get home. Am tempted to drive-in to give her a lift, but the roads will all be fecked as well


do you know what tube that was steve, cos i think that could have been the one b was on.

sylv well said. lets just wait and see. goes to show though how easy these things can be carried out. i mean right after the decision of olympics, just on the day the g8 main meeting etc.....i assume the bus must have been suicide bombers though, cos people are so wary of packages/unleft items at this stage? anyhow now isnt the time for this...


lets just hope no one anyone knows is injured seriouslly or otherwise.

good to see everyone off foot.ie looking out for each other.

[sylvo]

The phones are fine, we've just got a couple of calls through from Ireland, but mobile's are broke down.

Buses inside zone 1 are all stopped, and all mainline trains are terminating miles outside London.

[Macy]

Dreadful news. Completely shocked when I turned on the TV this morning - I'd kinda forgotten that London was a very high profile terrorist target.
Me mam actually said the same thing when I phoned her asking about the London relo's (all fine thankfully). Wasn't all that long ago that bombs and bomb scares were that common that they were barely news in London....

[paul_oshea]

Buses inside zone 1 are all stopped, and all mainline trains are terminating miles outside London.

trains were just going out of cannon street a half hour.

[Eire06]

News reports are suggesting it was an attach by the Isreali's
From Sky news

Scotland Yard has denied reports they were warned of an attack by Israel minutes before the blasts.

[paul_oshea]

no i dont think the attack was by israelis, rather that the israeli security forces warned that there may be an attack i.e. from al q....

[Frank Blue]

If anyone missed it, CNN have just said police confirm the trace of explosives at one site; Tony Blair to leave the G8 summit and to go to London, but to return to Scotland tonight.

[Pauro 76]

Based outside London, but what an awful shock when i heard about it on the radio. What the hell is happening... My younger sister lives in Aldgate and works in Islington and cant get through to her. really hope shes ok. glad to see everyone here is ok.

[paul_oshea]

pauro go to breakingnews there is an irish number you can ring so people can help you find out etc. im sure she is fine, dont worry.

[paul_oshea]

i know this isnt too seroius, but bridget was saying that they were stuck for over 2 hours in a tube in a tunnel with no airconditioning or nothign people sweating and sick and everything, hope that there was no pregnant women on it. can you imagine having to stand for that long in those conditons.

[dcfc_1928]

There are reports that the mobile phone network has been shut down by the security services - as some terrorist bombs in the past (Madrid?) have been activated remotely via mobile phone.

Its hard to distinguish between what is fact and what is rumour at the moment though.


i know this isnt too seroius, but bridget was saying that they were stuck for over 2 hours in a tube in a tunnel with no airconditioning or nothign people sweating and sick and everything, hope that there was no pregnant women on it. can you imagine having to stand for that long in those conditons.

[sparkey]

The Department of Foreign Affairs has established special phone-lines for Irish people worried about friends and relatives caught up in this morning's explosions in London.
Anyone seeking information from Ireland can ring 1800 242 548, while people living in the UK can ring 0207 201 2501.

An emergency centre has also been established at the Irish Embassy in London to help Irish people affected by the explosions.

The Department of Foreign Affairs said it was in constant contact with the London Embassy, but had no information on whether there were any Irish casualties

[dublinred]

Not looking good bombs on tubes at liverpool st, kings cross, aldgate, edware road and old street , one confrimed bus attack rumours of more.

[Réiteoir]

Are all our English based correspondants ok?

and received this off a colleague who works for vodafone:


Due to the incidents across London today, Vodafone have invoked a procedure whereby cellular bandwidth is prioritised to government and emergency services.

[Pauro 76]

Based outside London, but what an awful shock when i heard about it on the radio. What the hell is happening... My younger sister lives in Aldgate and works in Islington and cant get through to her. really hope shes ok. glad to see everyone here is ok.

rang my sister in Islington just now, she missed the explosions at her local tube in Aldgate by an hour. Thank God she's ok, was quite worried. Im glad everyone here is ok, but oh my God what an awful tragedy and to all those who have lost their lives, may they rest in peace.

[joeSoap]

Just got through to my mate who works in the City, 10 mins from Liverpool St. Got him on his mobile, so the networks must be available again. He was just on London Bridge, watching the exodus of workers going home. Hopefully the damage is now done, and over with..

[dahamsta]

Good to hear nobody from Foot.ie has been affected by this directly or even indirectly yet (apart from the inconvenience of course). I'd like to ask that this thread stick to this subject closely please, and not veer off into speculation and commentary on the political and social aspects of the event. If you need to do that, please start another thread.

adam

[finn]

Mobile networks are back up now, but they are very busy - not quite the same as the blanket which was imposed a while ago. I had a few mates who have been sent home from work, they were inbetween trains which were blown up which is a horrible thought.

there were a stream of ambulances racing in past our offices on the M4 a while ago, and traffic is erily quiet. Quite a lot of people have been requested to leave work and pick up their children from schools which are closer to the city.

Glad to hear people here are ok, and my thoughts are with anyone who is trying to make contact

Pete

[Lionel Ritchie]

Just my tuppence worth but while there are possibly still people trapped below ground in Kings Cross station and while those who've lost their lives haven't even gone cold yet I think it's inappropriate to start debating the politics behind this terrible string of attacks.

Thoughts and sympathies with all those affected -and it looks like there'll be many.

[Metrostars]

Glad to hear that my foot.ie comrades are accounted for. I have a few friends in London I am anxiously waiting emails from.
Hope the injured recover quickly and the dead RIP.

[Poor Student]

I'm glad to see all our fellow forum members and their families are alive and well. Sorry you were caught up in it Peader but at least you're ok. :( I'm afraid to see what kind of casualty picture is going to emerge once the dust settles. :(

[A face]

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[Lionel Ritchie]

They're now saying 150 "seriously injured" according to a police commissioner on sky (http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13382111,00.html)

Some of the reports of injuries are absolutely horrific.

Am waiting on e-mails myself from relatives in London. I think they all drive but I'll breath easier when the clock in.

Glad all the foot.ie gang seem to be okay.

[Frank Blue]

Anyone else hear Ken Livingstone's speech? All I can say is "wow!". What a truly moving speech that was. Londoners will and should be proud.

[dahamsta]

Face, read post #67 please.

[Metrostars]

Anyone else hear Ken Livingstone's speech? All I can say is "wow!". What a truly moving speech that was. Londoners will and should be proud.

I just saw it on BBC America, stirring stuff, agree with him 100%.

[paul_oshea]

:confused:
Some of the reports of injuries are absolutely horrific.


like what??

im not going off topic by asking am i? :confused:

[Frank Blue]

I just saw it on BBC America, stirring stuff, agree with him 100%.

Unlike Tony Blair's, that came across as genuinely sincere. It is the kind of thing that needs saying at moments like this. Freedom and people living together.

[pineapple stu]

From the BBC website -


The BBC's Security Correspondent Frank Gardner says BBC monitoring services have located a website linked to al-Qaeda with a 200-word statement saying it carried out the bombings.
Very vague, but no further info to go on at the moment...

[Terry]

Thank Christ !!!!

I know its not the right way to start the message, but my brother gets the kings cross tube every morning to go to work and I have been trying to get in contact with him all morning! Turned out that he slept in and missed the train ! :o

[paul_oshea]

jees:

two suicide bombers shot dead in canary wharf"!!!!!

[Plastic Paddy]

jees:

two suicide bombers shot dead in canary wharf"!!!!!

Source?

:ball: PP

[paul_oshea]

radio 2. or five live not sure one of the lads just told me he was listening to it.

[Eire06]

radio 2. or five live not sure one of the lads just told me he was listening to it.
Do you know was that just now orthis morning

[Poor Student]

radio 2. or five live not sure one of the lads just told me he was listening to it.

I haven't seen or heard this anywhere. I remember when Sept 11th happened there was all manner of rumours like planes heading for all major cities and such things.

[paul_oshea]

no thats all he said! it didnt say i dont think though.

i hope it def was suicide bombers that they killed and not just randoms.

ya thats true about rumours, but the lad said he heard it so thats all i know...

[Poor Student]

Paul I'm not seeing any evidence of anyone shot by police at all and I just checked Sky News. They suspect the bus one was a suicide bomber. I hope to God there were few on the top deck. If you've seen the pictures the roof has been absolutely blown off.

[tetsujin1979]

Just got word from Stuttgart88, he was in work this morning, but is ok, and is leaving for home

[Poor Student]

For people's information the true scale of this atrocity is now emerging. Over 300 injured. When I turned on the news this morning it seemed like a minor incident with maybe 10 injured and no fatalities. :(

[dcfc_1928]

I've been listening to Radio 5 Live for the last couple of hours, I haven't heard them mention anything yet.

Could be just another rumour thats knocking about.


radio 2. or five live not sure one of the lads just told me he was listening to it.

[Lionel Ritchie]

:confused:


like what??

im not going off topic by asking am i? :confused:

I'm listening to five live all day and they're talking to eye witnesses.

People have been terribly burned, limbs gone.

Sky have apparently just announced that they have it from a "very good source" that there are at least 45 fatalities.

[Eire06]

For people's information the true scale of this atrocity is now emerging. Over 300 injured. When I turned on the news this morning it seemed like a minor incident with maybe 10 injured and no fatalities. :(
Sorry but its gone up since

Sky News:

At least 45 people are reported to have been killed and 1,000 injured in a series of co-ordinated terror attacks on London.

[anto1208]

its going to get worse , did the people trapped in thr trains get out im not near a tv ,


cowardly *******s that laid those bombs .

[Poor Student]

Yeah, it's looking like some magnitude of an attack now. I have to go through Stansted in August. Paranoia is setting in on me now.

[pineapple stu]

I remember the first I heard about the tsunami in Asia last December was that 20 were dead. Unfortunately, I think 45 is going to be way short of the mark here. I don't see how anyone could have survived that bus explosion for a start... :(

[paul_oshea]

I don't see how anyone could have survived that bus explosion for a start...

no i dont think its as bad as it looks, i mean the seats haev no blood etc, and if it was that bad surely the seats would have flown out. i mean people on it said the back of the bus went out. so hopefully not too many... :o

[pineapple stu]

I mean the seats have no blood
True...didn't notice that. How full was it at the time?

[Babysis]

You know what, I never thought an attack in London would upset me or anger me or scare me so much. My tube driver saw it, but at the time it was just a flash in the tunnel. We are based a 2min walk from oxford circus tube station, and 5mins from tottenham court road. I ahve spent the day reassuring friends and relatives aswell as checking on my own friends and colleagues. We are the lucky ones, it could have easilly been one of us not the other, so im incredibly grateful we are all ok. We went to the pub to watch the TV. No one was looking for drink, it was more feeling of shcok, fear and pure devestation.

I took my job a year ago, and said at the time, it doesnt matter about getting the tube everyday, you cant let the *******s win. Right now, Im scared.All those people did was get on the tube to go to work. Ok, nothing more will happen, but I want to go home, and see my family. but we cant. there is physically no way of getting home. People like bridget and Peadar have it a million times worse, they were there. Im going to try and make my way home now.

All i can say is RIP to those poor people. and god help everyone else who got caught in it.

[crc]

no i dont think its as bad as it looks, i mean the seats haev no blood etc, and if it was that bad surely the seats would have flown out. i mean people on it said the back of the bus went out. so hopefully not too many... :oI heard on sky news that the seats were actually blown out of the bus. I don't see how anyone on the top deck could have survived, but you never know...

[paul_oshea]

thats what no one has said.