Terrorist attacks have hit London. Three explosions on the underground and one bus has been ripped apart by an explosion.
Tony Blair made a statement at noon confirming that London had been attacked by terrorists, for anyone who hadn’t worked that much out yet, and promptly left the G8 summit in Edinburgh for London in a Chinook helicopter.
All of my friends in London are accounted for, and thankfully it now seems that they can finally say the same about their own friends, after hours upon hours of worry.
“More than 50″, however, are now confirmed dead, with upwards of 700 injured.
Words fail. On the one hand I’m so grateful that the number of casualties pales in comparison to the previous attacks on New York, Bali, Jakarta and Madrid, but still several hundred people’s lives have been altered forever.
No political frothing here, it’s neither the place nor time. My thoughts are of course with the families and friends of the victims, and I hope that at least the worst has passed.
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