Somethings happened at one of London's main tube/train stations...

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My heart just skipped a beat. Mum called me and said that there has been an explosion at London's Liverpool Street tube/train station. She was calling to check that I am in the office okay.

Atm, I can hear police sirens and helicopters flying over us. I hope it is nothing major... please...


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I just looked out the window and can see at least 3 helicopters over the Kings Cross area. Apparently, there were some explosions there as well. It's really scary. All mobile phone lines are currently not working either - so many ppl are trying to check that their family & friends are okay.

Entire tube network is down, not just Liverpool St but lots of other tube stations have had some sort of explosion, including Kings Cross.

 
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OMG... reports in that a bus has been bombed in RUssel Sq - that is literally so near to my office.

The helicopters are flying over like mad now. It's really scary.
 

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That's horrible, Gilly!


Wouldn't you have thought - with getting the Olympics - security would have been on high alert?!

It seems pretty ambiguous what happened, doesn't it?!
 
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they just said that the roof of a bus has been ripped off and other busses have had bombs on them...

Our office sits on top of Goodge Street tube station... I am shaking as I type this. One girl in the office said her sister was on a London bus cos she couldn't get the tube.
 
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they just said that a bus in Tavistock Square has been blown up - they showed pics of the roof blown off.

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I work at Goodge St on this map - look in the top right hand corner - that is how near this bus blast is. It's so scary. We can't get mobile phone signals, ppl are panicking (I am too...) S hit.
 
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Susan, all mobiles are not working in London atm... we can't get our boss either.
 

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saying here 3 buses in different locations have been exploded. They havent mentioned any deaths - just injuries. This is from sky news UK here on cable TV
 

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its hard to keep up with what they are saying - now they are saying 3 different tube stations and causing terrible casualties. Alrdridge station mentioned and bus blown up in russel square - images on tv are awful
 
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Originally Posted by huggles

we have sky news UK here on cable and they are saying its a terrorist attack
Please no
This is awful. I can hear it all going on outside and we have the TV on. Everyone is panicking because we dont' know what's happening. It's too close to us.
 

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Originally Posted by Gilly

Please no
This is awful. I can hear it all going on outside and we have the TV on. Everyone is panicking because we dont' know what's happening. It's too close to us.
must remember that its all assumptions at the moment about terrorists because its all happened so quickly.

Please stay safe
 

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I've got through to our guys and he's working on Charring Cross Road and said the police have closed it with tape.

They spoke to one policeman who said it is a security alert,

I have to ring him every 30 minutes as he has can't ring out.
 
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