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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 002 214 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 and disrupting a summit of Group of Eight leaders in Scotland in attacks Prime Minister on! "lair called #barbaric#$ %itnesses sa& the top ripped off a double'decker bus near (ussell S)uare close to *ing+s ,ross train terminal, and three more apparentl! coordinated e-plosions caused carnage on packed tube trains as Londoners made their &a! to &ork$ Securit! sources told (euters there &ere fatalities at all four bomb sites, and Sk! ele.ision said at least 45 people had been killed$ A further /50 &ere seriousl! &ounded, and hospital staff said some &ere unlikel! to sur.i.e$ 1p to /,000 people &ere in2ured$ #3 &as on the bus,# said one da4ed passenger$ #3 looked round and the seats behind me &ere gone$# #5ou could see bodies on the road outside,# said another e!e&itness, Peter Gordon$ # 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 to the talks in Gleneagles later in the da!$

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

Emergency vehicles on the scene outside London s !ing s "ross station. Photo:(euters Police said t&o people &ere killed at Aldgate East underground station in the financial centre of the cit!, &ith a further :0 people &ounded$ Around /00 &ounded people &ere taken to (o!al London 7ospital, /0 of them 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 financial markets plummeted as it became increasingl! apparent that the blasts &ere an attack, and not a po&er surge on the underground train s!stem as had first been reported$ # $euters

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