{"id":3413,"date":"2005-07-07T09:48:16","date_gmt":"2005-07-07T16:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/07\/07\/london-terror-attack\/"},"modified":"2019-12-17T07:13:36","modified_gmt":"2019-12-17T15:13:36","slug":"london-terror-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/07\/07\/london-terror-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"London Terror Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:7964,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/news.com.com\\\/London+blasts+called+terror+attack\\\/2100-1033_3-5777675.html?part=rss&amp;tag=5777675&amp;subj=news&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:7965,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.cnn.com\\\/2005\\\/WORLD\\\/europe\\\/07\\\/07\\\/london.tube\\\/index.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.cnn.com\\\/2005\\\/WORLD\\\/europe\\\/07\\\/07\\\/london.tube\\\/index.html&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:7966,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/tags\\\/london&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260203044928\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/tags\\\/london\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-10 03:15:15&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-24 17:42:23&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-24 17:42:23&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:7967,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/flickr.com\\\/groups\\\/74918957@N00\\\/pool&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/flickr.com\\\/groups\\\/74918957@N00\\\/pool&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:7968,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/flickr.com\\\/groups\\\/londonexplosions\\\/pool&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260310033800\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/groups\\\/londonexplosions\\\/pool&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/flickr.com\\\/groups\\\/londonexplosions\\\/pool&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:7969,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/london.metblogs.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:7970,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.londonist.com\\\/archives\\\/2005\\\/07\\\/tube_network_do.php&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:7971,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/blogs.guardian.co.uk\\\/news\\\/archives\\\/2005\\\/07\\\/07\\\/explosions_plunge_london_into_chaos.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/blogs.guardian.co.uk\\\/news\\\/archives\\\/2005\\\/07\\\/07\\\/explosions_plunge_london_into_chaos.html&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Yikes.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CNET: <a href=\"http:\/\/news.com.com\/London+blasts+called+terror+attack\/2100-1033_3-5777675.html?part=rss&amp;tag=5777675&amp;subj=news\" title=\"CNET: At least 45 die in London blasts\">At least 45 die in London blasts<\/a><br \/>\n<blockquote><p>\n  Witnesses saw the top ripped off a double-decker bus near Russell Square close to King&#8217;s Cross train terminal, and three more apparently coordinated explosions caused carnage on packed subway trains as Londoners made their way to work.<\/p>\n<p>  Security sources told Reuters there were fatalities at all four bomb sites, and Sky Television said at least 45 people had been killed. A further 150 were seriously wounded, and hospital staff said some were unlikely to survive.<\/p>\n<p>  &#8220;I was on the bus,&#8221; said one dazed passenger. &#8220;I looked round and the seats behind me were gone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  &#8220;You could see bodies on the road outside,&#8221; said another eyewitness, Peter Gordon. &#8220;There was smoke everywhere. It was carnage.&#8221;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>CNN: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2005\/WORLD\/europe\/07\/07\/london.tube\/index.html\" title=\"CNN: London bombs kill at least 33\">London bombs kill at least 33<\/a><br \/>\n<blockquote><p>\n  Paddick said the first explosion had come at 8:51 a.m. BST (O351 ET) near Liverpool Street, Aldgate and Aldgate East Underground stations, where seven were confirmed dead.<\/p>\n<p>  At 8:56 a.m. there was a second explosion on a Piccadilly Line train near Kings Cross and Russell Square tube stations, where 21 were confirmed dead.<\/p>\n<p>  At 9:17 a.m. there was an explosion on a train traveling into Edgware Road station, affecting two other trains, with five confirmed dead.<\/p>\n<p>  At 9:47a.m there was an explosion on a bus at Upper Woburn Place near Tavistock Square. Fatalities have been confirmed, but the number is unknown at this stage.<\/p>\n<p>  There were 700-900 people on each of the affected trains at the time, he added.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Flickr: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tags\/london\/\" title=\"Flickr: Photos tagged with london\">Photos tagged with &#8216;london&#8217;<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/groups\/74918957@N00\/pool\/\" title=\"Flickr: London Bomb Blasts Pool\">London Bomb Blasts Pool<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/groups\/londonexplosions\/pool\/\" title=\"Flickr: London Explosions Pool\">London Explosions Pool<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/london.metblogs.com\/\" title=\"Metroblogging London\">Metroblogging London<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.londonist.com\/archives\/2005\/07\/tube_network_do.php\" title=\"Londonist: London Explosions\">Londonist<\/a> are both covering events.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.guardian.co.uk\/news\/archives\/2005\/07\/07\/explosions_plunge_london_into_chaos.html\" title=\"The Guardian: Explosions plunge London into chaos\">The Guardian&#8217;s coverage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Witnesses saw the top ripped off a double-decker bus near Russell Square close to King&#8217;s Cross train terminal, and three more apparently coordinated explosions caused carnage on packed subway trains as Londoners made their way to work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2028],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3413\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}