Blair: London hit by terrorists

2005-07-08 14:20

London Underground staff provide assistance to passengers at the tube station at Victoria. (Martin Keene, PA, AP)

Gleneagles - British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Thursday that London had been hit by a series of terrorist attacks.

"It's reasonably clear that this is a series of terrorist attacks," Blair said after at least two people were killed and scores injured in at least six blasts which rocked London's buses and underground train stations.

"There are obviously casualties, people who have died and people who are seriously injured," he said.

Blair said he would leave the summit of Group of Eight leaders in Scotland "in the next couple of hours" while his counterparts would continue their meetings.

He added the blasts were "particularly barbaric" coming as they did as the G8 leaders met in Scotland to discuss climate change and eradicating poverty, and the day after London was chosen to host the 2012 Olympic Games.

Affected tube stations. (London Underground)

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- AFP