LONDON受恐怖袭击，六个地铁站发生爆炸

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More than 33 people were killed today when London was hit by an al-Qaeda-style series of bomb blasts targeting rush-hour commuters in Tube trains and on a double-decker bus.

The death toll was given this afternoon by Britain Paddick, Assistant Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, who said: "This clearly was a callous attack on purely innocent members of the public deliberately designed to kill and injure innocent members of the public."

Mr Paddick said four blasts hit London shortly before 9 am. Seven people were killed in the first blast in a tunnel near Moorgate station in the City, 21 were killed in a second near King’s Cross and another five died at Edgware Road station in west London.

There were a still unknown number of fatalities on a double-decker bus that was blown up Tavistock Place in Bloomsbury. Overall, hundreds of people were injured in the blasts, of whom 45 were seriously or critically injured.

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The bombs, on a cold and windy morning, brutally shook London out of any lingering euphoria at winning the right to host the 2012 Olympic Games and brought the capital to a virtual standstill.

It also threatened to derail the G8 summit, which started today at Gleneagles. Tony Blair left Scotland this afternoon for briefings by security forces and ministers, but said that he would return this evening and the summit's participants had all agreed that the meeting should go on without him.

The Prime Minister added: "It is important that those engaged in terrorism realise that our determination to defend our values and our way of life is greater than their determination to cause death and destruction to innocent people in a desire to impose extremism on the world."

The Queen, who hosted a banquet at Gleneagles last night but was said to be back at Windsor Castle, said in a statement: "The dreadful events in London this morning have deeply shocked us all. I know I speak for the whole nation in expressing my sympathy to all those affected and the relatives of the killed and injured. I have nothing but admiration for the emergency services as they go about their work."

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Sir Ian Blair, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, conceded that the attacks were the sort of inevitable terror attack about which his predecessor, Sir John Stevens, had given warning.

"A co-ordinated effort is slowly bringing order out of the chaos," Sir Ian told Sky News. "Within a matter of hours peace will be brought to the streets of London and we will know what we are dealing with... Stay calm, stay where you are and trust the fact that a long co-ordinated plan is in action. London will return to normal as soon as possible."

Mr Paddick said the first explosion happened at 8.51am between Moorgate, Liverpool Street and Aldgate East underground stati##被过滤##. He said the explosion was in the tunnel 100 yards from Liverpool Street station on either the Circle or Central line.

The second explosion happened at 8.56am in the King’s Cross and Russell Square area. The third was at 9.17am when an explosion hit Edgware Road Underground station. The blast blew a hole in a train on an adjoining platform.

The fourth explosion happened at 9.47am on a bus in Tavistock Place, Mr Paddick said. He went on: "The police service received no warning about these attacks and the police service have not

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yearnbbs

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