07-07-2005, 10:10 AM
UPDATE 3: CNN and BBC are now reporting that three buses have been hit by bombs. END UPDATE
Ireland Online said several people had been injured by the first explosion, which took place during peak rush hour, at 8.49am, London Time, on the Metropolitan Line between Liverpool Street and Aldgate in the financial district.
King’s Cross, Liverpool Street and Aldgate stations have also been cleared.
CNN reports from the scene that the entire Underground has been shut down and that police are widening the evacuation zone.
A City of London Police spokesman told Ireland Online: "We believe there was some sort of explosion. There are some walking wounded at Aldgate.
“We are not sure of the scale of the incident. Reports are still coming in.”
One other site at which some sort of explosion seems to have taken place is at the Edgware Road station in north west London.
Ireland Online said several people had been injured by the first explosion, which took place during peak rush hour, at 8.49am, London Time, on the Metropolitan Line between Liverpool Street and Aldgate in the financial district.
King’s Cross, Liverpool Street and Aldgate stations have also been cleared.
CNN reports from the scene that the entire Underground has been shut down and that police are widening the evacuation zone.
A City of London Police spokesman told Ireland Online: "We believe there was some sort of explosion. There are some walking wounded at Aldgate.
“We are not sure of the scale of the incident. Reports are still coming in.”
One other site at which some sort of explosion seems to have taken place is at the Edgware Road station in north west London.