London blasts cause chaos on Tube
Police in protective clothing were deployed at the bus site
The Tube has been plunged into chaos and several stations evacuated after a minor blasts on two trains and a bus.
Met Police chief Sir Ian Blair said three Tube lines were suspended but it was time London returned to normal.
The minor explosions - just two weeks after blasts killed 56 - involved detonators only, a BBC reporter said. There was only one injury.
Police sources say the blasts may have been near simultaneous and that they are being linked with the 7 July bombs.
They say a number of fugitives are being sought. Two people have been arrested in Whitehall.
Eyewitnesses heard bangs and saw abandoned rucksacks at the sites of the incidents at Warren Street and Oval tube stations as well as the number 26 bus at Bethnal Green.
There was an attempt to cause an explosion at Shepherd's Bush Hammersmith and City line, police said.
At Warren Street and Oval a man was seen running away from the scene.
On the bus, there were no injuries and the bus suffered no structural damage.
Large areas around all four sites were cordoned off.
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---Wonder where the Kingstar guys were today...?---
The Tube has been plunged into chaos and several stations evacuated after a minor blasts on two trains and a bus.
Met Police chief Sir Ian Blair said three Tube lines were suspended but it was time London returned to normal.
The minor explosions - just two weeks after blasts killed 56 - involved detonators only, a BBC reporter said. There was only one injury.
Police sources say the blasts may have been near simultaneous and that they are being linked with the 7 July bombs.
They say a number of fugitives are being sought. Two people have been arrested in Whitehall.
Eyewitnesses heard bangs and saw abandoned rucksacks at the sites of the incidents at Warren Street and Oval tube stations as well as the number 26 bus at Bethnal Green.
There was an attempt to cause an explosion at Shepherd's Bush Hammersmith and City line, police said.
At Warren Street and Oval a man was seen running away from the scene.
On the bus, there were no injuries and the bus suffered no structural damage.
Large areas around all four sites were cordoned off.
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---Wonder where the Kingstar guys were today...?---
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