'Blasts death toll could rise'
10/07/2005 12:00  - (SA)  

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London - Britain's interior minister, Charles Clarke, said on Sunday that he expected the death toll from the London bomb attacks to rise but that he was optimistic the perpetrators eventually would be caught.

"We think it's likely to be more than 50" people killed, Home Secretary Clarke told BBC television.

So far, at least 50 people are reported to have been killed and some 700 injured in the Thursday morning rush hour bombings on London's transport system. More than 20 people are still reported missing.

Police said on Saturday that they had made no arrests and had yet to focus on any particular suspect.

"I am confident that the perpetrators will be brought to justice in the end," Clarke said.

"I am very optimistic indeed. I think the track record of our security services in bringing people to justice is good. The problem is the time it takes," he said.

- AFP

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