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tho i suppose gunshots could be coppers responding? ack...

― dahlin (dahlin), Thursday, 21 July 2005 11:35 (twenty years ago)

That awful feeling in my gut again. Please let this just be hype.

― NickB (NickB), Thursday, 21 July 2005 11:35 (twenty years ago)

ugh. Take care of yourselves everyone. Useless to say really, but ugh.

― sgs (sgs), Thursday, 21 July 2005 11:36 (twenty years ago)

"reports of gunshots" often equals "not gunshots", in fairness.

but there's something deeply unpleasant going on here, it seems. jesus WEPT.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Thursday, 21 July 2005 11:36 (twenty years ago)

Where are nail bomb reports coming from?

That awful feeling in my gut again. Please let this just be hype.

-- NickB (nic...)

ditto

― beanz (beanz), Thursday, 21 July 2005 11:36 (twenty years ago)

At this point, hype and overreation could cause panic - which would be the worst thing in a crowded location like a tube.

Argh sirens.

― Rum, Sodomy and the LAN (kate), Thursday, 21 July 2005 11:37 (twenty years ago)

Grimly, where are you tuned into? You are getting info faster than itv.

― mzui (mzui), Thursday, 21 July 2005 11:37 (twenty years ago)

Going by the BBC, two of the trains involved were tube trains, and the third was on the Hammersmith & City Line.

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Thursday, 21 July 2005 11:37 (twenty years ago)

sorry: i'm at a newspaper. rolling PA wires.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Thursday, 21 July 2005 11:38 (twenty years ago)

Oh god.

ILX is currently the only website which is loading AT ALL for me so all updates here would be appreciated...

― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 21 July 2005 11:38 (twenty years ago)

(Hammersmith and City is a tube! Just not a very good one!)

― Rum, Sodomy and the LAN (kate), Thursday, 21 July 2005 11:38 (twenty years ago)

I can't believe this.

― PinXorchiXoR (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 21 July 2005 11:38 (twenty years ago)

Surely the Hammersmith & City line is completely down anyway at the moment after 7 July?

― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 21 July 2005 11:39 (twenty years ago)

The gunshots may have been detonaters from other bombs that didnt go off says Sky.
No casualties from the trains but dont know about bus.

― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Thursday, 21 July 2005 11:39 (twenty years ago)

Lex im watching sky news i'll keep you posted from here.

― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Thursday, 21 July 2005 11:39 (twenty years ago)

i'm posting everything new from the PA wire ... i'll be able to do this till 2pm, then i need to go to a fucking pointless meeting.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Thursday, 21 July 2005 11:39 (twenty years ago)

No it isn't. It's one of the non-tube Underground lines - and the evacuated part is above ground at that. This is not the place for an argument about trains, though.

(xxxpost)

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Thursday, 21 July 2005 11:40 (twenty years ago)

"three dummy explosions, detonators only, have gone off this afternoon" on bbc1

― sgs (sgs), Thursday, 21 July 2005 11:40 (twenty years ago)

(which is bbc24 feed atm, sorry)

― sgs (sgs), Thursday, 21 July 2005 11:41 (twenty years ago)

At this point, hype and overreation could cause panic - which would be the worst thing in a crowded location like a tube.
Argh sirens.

-- Rum, Sodomy and the LAN (masonicboo...), July 21st, 2005 12:37 PM. (kate) (later)

which is good because they probably don't get much access to the hype on the tube (unless they somehow get access to TV and internet)

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 21 July 2005 11:41 (twenty years ago)

http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/5292/hackneyroad0au.jpg

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Thursday, 21 July 2005 11:41 (twenty years ago)

dummy explosions? wtf?

― g-kit (g-kit), Thursday, 21 July 2005 11:42 (twenty years ago)

Maybe it's the NOTW trying to demonstrate how security is still slack on the tube out of ~~sensationalism~~ public interest.

― beanz (beanz), Thursday, 21 July 2005 11:42 (twenty years ago)

they probably don't get much access to the hype on the tube (unless they somehow get access to TV and internet)

Mobile phones?

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Thursday, 21 July 2005 11:42 (twenty years ago)

@text:222 lon intjw glbh Three London Underground stations evacuated, reports of incident on bus Eds: UPDATES with report of incident on bus, ADDS more from witness
LONDON (AP) — Three London Underground stations were evacuated at midday Thursday following reports of smoke and explosions two weeks after a series of terror bombings targetting London's public transport system.
Police also were investigating a report of an incident on a bus in east London.
London Underground said there were no immediate reports of casualties. One witness said he had been told by another subway passenger that a rucksack had exploded on a train.
Police said Warren Street, Shepherds Bush and Oval underground stations had been evacuated. Emergency services personnel were called to the stations, police said.
"People were panicking. But very fortunately the train was only 15 seconds from the station," witness Ivan McCracken told Sky news.
McCracken said another passenger had claimed he had seen a rucksack explode. The bombs which killed 56 people on board three underground trains and a bus in London on July 7 were carried in rucksacks, police said.
McCracken said he smelled smoke and that people were panicking and coming into his carriage.
McCracken said he spoke to an Italian man who was comforting a woman after the evacuation.
"He said that a man was carrying a rucksack and the rucksack suddenly exploded. It was a minor explosion but enough to blow open the rucksack," McCracken said.
"The man then made an exclamation as if something had gone wrong. At that point everyone rushed from the carriage."
Services on the Victoria and Northern lines were suspended following reports of a number of incidents, London Underground said.
"I was in the carriage and we smelt smoke - it was like something was burning," said Losiane Mohellavi, 35, who was evacuated at Warren Street.
"Everyone was panicked and people were screaming. We had to pull the alarm. I am still shaking," Mohellavi said.
211242 jul 05GMT

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Thursday, 21 July 2005 11:43 (twenty years ago)

all tubes being stopped at the next station

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 21 July 2005 11:44 (twenty years ago)

(xpost) that's the most cogent report so far. thank fuck "no casualties" at the moment.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Thursday, 21 July 2005 11:44 (twenty years ago)

NOTW wouldn't be that bad, would they? the fake sheikh guy?

― N_RQ, Thursday, 21 July 2005 11:44 (twenty years ago)

they probably don't get much access to the hype on the tube (unless they somehow get access to TV and internet)
Mobile phones?
-- Forest Pines (forestpine...), July 21st, 2005 12:42 PM. (ForestPines) (later)

on the tube??

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 21 July 2005 11:44 (twenty years ago)

no, they wouldn't. (xpost)

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Thursday, 21 July 2005 11:44 (twenty years ago)

still sirens around... WISH I TOOK LUNCH SOMEWHERE FURTHER AWAY! I'd have been on such a long lunch hour right now.

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 21 July 2005 11:45 (twenty years ago)

mobile networks seem to be down?

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 21 July 2005 11:45 (twenty years ago)

oh how i detest live rolling news coverage when they don't really know anything.

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Thursday, 21 July 2005 11:45 (twenty years ago)

The whole Fog of War effect is extremely disorientating and confusing.

― Huey (Huey), Thursday, 21 July 2005 11:46 (twenty years ago)

> Surely the Hammersmith & City line is completely down anyway at the moment after 7 July?

i think so. ShepBush central line also has been so reports of incidents at SB are curious. (and would probably improve things!)

newspapers exposing poor security? idiot students?

xpost

― koogs (koogs), Thursday, 21 July 2005 11:46 (twenty years ago)

1) I hope everything is all right
2) This really isn't news. Well, the panic is news but there isn't neccesarily anything to panic about in anything I've seen here.
3) It's very easy for me to say that, what with me not living in London.
4) Jesus, is it only a fortnight ago?

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 21 July 2005 11:46 (twenty years ago)

http://img322.imageshack.us/img322/668/eustonroad9xy.jpg

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Thursday, 21 July 2005 11:46 (twenty years ago)

I suppose it's not that likely

all tubes being stopped at the next station

Do you mean all Underground trains?

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Thursday, 21 July 2005 11:46 (twenty years ago)

Re NOTW – I'd be surprised too. Almost wishful thinking.

― beanz (beanz), Thursday, 21 July 2005 11:46 (twenty years ago)

so what happened to mr rucksack? surprised he wasn't ripped limb from limb by NOTW readers tbh.

― g-kit (g-kit), Thursday, 21 July 2005 11:46 (twenty years ago)

yeah in the same sky news article they managed to say "there's no panic" and "everyone panicked"

genius

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 21 July 2005 11:47 (twenty years ago)

Everyone panicked in the sky newsroom but the public took it in their stride perhaps :/

― beanz (beanz), Thursday, 21 July 2005 11:48 (twenty years ago)

(can i suggest just linking to large graphics rather than having them inline, just to not slow thing down? cheers)

― koogs (koogs), Thursday, 21 July 2005 11:48 (twenty years ago)

Tube lines reported as not suspended now, only the three incident lines.

― mzui (mzui), Thursday, 21 July 2005 11:49 (twenty years ago)

Reports of a shooting at Warren Street.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Thursday, 21 July 2005 11:50 (twenty years ago)

are those SKY images actually related to the stories in the bar? the top one is at the bottom of hackney road --- but is that the bus in question... and the bottom isn't in hackney at all i don't think but i can't think where it is

― mark s (mark s), Thursday, 21 July 2005 11:50 (twenty years ago)

Looks like Holborn Circus, the second one. Could be wrong, though.

― Rum, Sodomy and the LAN (kate), Thursday, 21 July 2005 11:50 (twenty years ago)

Euston road says the name of the image.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 21 July 2005 11:51 (twenty years ago)

the guardian waited till 1.51pm to put out an e-mail to subscribers. it says very little ... because, right now, there's little to say. responsible reporting does exist ... just not on sky 24, for many obvious reasons.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Thursday, 21 July 2005 11:51 (twenty years ago)

second one is warren street from euston road

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 21 July 2005 11:51 (twenty years ago)

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Just had a bomb scare, turned out to be headed paper. What a farce!

― not-goodwin (not-goodwin), Friday, 12 August 2005 10:31 (twenty years ago)

Amazing and appalling just how at odds the details of the Menezes shooting are to the initial reports.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/attackonlondon/story/0,16132,1550565,00.html

― NickB (NickB), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 08:26 (twenty years ago)

New thread required I think

― Diddyismus (Dada), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 08:33 (twenty years ago)

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