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Dozens dead as attacks rock London

July 8, 2005

The remnants of a bus that exploded near Tavistock Square in central London.Photo:AP

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has set up a consular hotline on 1800 002214 for Australians concerned about the safety of family and friends in London.

Four blasts ripped through London during rush hour this morning, killing at least 45 people anddisrupting a summit of Group of Eight leaders in Scotland in attacks Prime Minister on! "laircalled #barbaric#$

%itnesses sa& the top ripped off a double'decker bus near (ussell S)uare close to *ing+s rosstrain terminal, and three more apparentl! coordinated e-plosions caused carnage on packed tubetrains as Londoners made their &a! to &ork$

Securit! sources told (euters there &ere fatalities at all four bomb sites, and Sk! ele.ision saidat least 45 people had been killed$ A further /50 &ere seriousl! &ounded, and hospital staff saidsome &ere unlikel! to sur.i.e$ 1p to /,000 people &ere in2ured$

#3 &as on the bus,# said one daed passenger$ #3 looked round and the seats behind me &ere

gone$#

#ou could see bodies on the road outside,# said another e!e&itness, Peter Gordon$

#here &as smoke e.er!&here$ 3t &as carnage$#Financial markets tumbled as the scale of the attacks became clear and "lair told reporters he&ould return to London from the G6 summit to o.ersee the emergenc!$ 7e planned to return tothe talks in Gleneagles later in the da!$


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he attacks recalled the 8004 train bombings in Madrid blamed on al'9aeda and left Londonersin shock$ he 3slamic 7uman (ights ommission &arned London Muslims to sta! at home toa.oid an! .iolence aimed at them$

Emergency vehicles on the sceneoutside Londons !ings "ross station.Photo:(euters

Police said t&o people &ere killed atAldgate East underground station in thefinancial centre of the cit!, &ith a further

:0 people &ounded$ Around /00 &ounded people &ere taken to (o!al London 7ospital, /0 ofthem in critical condition$

People &ere seen streaming out of one underground station co.ered &ith blood and soot$Passengers &ere e.acuated from stations across the capital, man! in shock and &ith their

clothes ripped to shreds, &itnesses said$

he cit!+s streets rapidl! emptied and f inancial markets plummeted as it became increasingl!apparent that the blasts &ere an attack, and not a po&er surge on the underground train s!stemas had first been reported$

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