I really hope this is nothing?

Just been confirmed.

http://www.sky.com/skynews/home

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/h...703777.stm
[Edited 7/21/05 6:42am]

please, no.

Hope not too.. just switched Sky news on, no reported casualties 'at this stage' is the latest.

rocknrollisalive said:

casualties? has there actually been some kind of explosion then?

The news is just breaking but at the moment only smoke and three stations have been evacuatued.

Natisse said:

That's all they are saying - they are confirming nothing else

rocknrollisalive said:

ok...thanks guys...everyone stay positive

Apparently Sky News has talked to a witness who claims that a man with a backpack stepped onto the train and yelled something after which the backpack exploded. Don't know if there's any truth to that.

rocknrollisalive said:

Although they have just confirmed a nail bomb at Warren Street

Oh no Please don't let it be true

retina said:

We have to asume hearsay at the moment.

This is fucked up.

rocknrollisalive said:

Nooooo

rocknrollisalive said:

I feel really stupid asking this but whats a nail bomb? I'm not sure what they are...

Natisse said:

A bomb that spreads nails in every direction when it explodes.

An incident on a bus in East London.

Natisse said:

Google:

A nail bomb is an explosive device packed with nails to increase its destructive power. The nails act as shrapnel, leading - almost certainly - to greater loss of life and injury in inhabited areas than would explosive alone.

Natisse said:

Pretty much as it sounds - a bomb with nails in it - to inflict maximum damage.

AsylumUtopia said:

They are cheap and nasty little devices.

I just heard that there were 3 explosions and police are trying to confirm report. Bollocks

*Hoping it is nothing serious

One incident on a bus in Hackney Road (or St.), a small explosion on the top tier.

Smoke coming out from one tube station.

Nail bomb on Warren St. Tube station.


Fuck

Bastards, I am so fucking angry!

Teacher said:

Here we go again.....this is nuts!

No reports of injuries yet, let's hope it stays that way.

Sky is reporting a witness claiming that the bomb in warren street was extremely minor - barely blew up the rucksack & didn't hurt anyone.

here's hoping that's the case.

from the BBB...

'Incidents' spark Tube evacuation

Emergency services have been called to three Tube stations after "incidents", Scotland Yard said.
Police confirmed they had been called to Warren Street, Oval and Shepherd's Bush stations.

There have been reports of smoke coming from two of the stations and all three have been evacuated.

The whole of the Northern Line has been suspended, along with the Victoria Line and the Hammersmith and City. There are no reports of any casualties.

Police also confirmed that emergency service personnel have responded to reports of an incident on a route 26 bus in Hackney Road.

A spokesman for London Underground said the nature of the incidents was unknown.

One hospital, near Warren St station, has started its emergency plan.

Sosiane Mohellavi, 35, was travelling from Oxford Circus to Walthamstow when she was evacuated from a train at Warren Street.

"I was in the carriage and we smelt smoke - it was like something was burning.

"Everyone was panicked and people were screaming. We had to pull the alarm. I am still shaking."

But a BBC reporter outside Warren St station said there was no sign of smoke outside.

The 2 other tube stations are Oval and Shepherd's Bush.

TheFrog said:

Sounds a bit like the "copy cat" bombings that they were worried about.