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Terror Attacks Rock London Transit System
Subway blasts and bus explosion leave hundreds injured, scores dead

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A police officer stands guard at the entrance to Eversholt Street after a bus, background, was bombed in Russel Square, Central London, Thursday, July 7, 2005. Near simultaneous explosions rocked at least five London subway stations and ripped apart a double-decker bus at the morning rush hour Thursday, police said, causing at least two deaths, reportedly injuring at least 95 people and sending bloodied victims fleeing from debris-strewn blast sites.

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The scene following an explosion on a bus, at Tavistock Square in London, Thursday July 7, 2005 in this mobile phone camera image. At least 40 people have been killed in explosions in London, a U.S. law enforcement official says. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because British officials have yet to make public the death toll, but U.S. officials learned of the number from their British counterparts.
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