In case you haven’t been paying attention to the news today (like me)…

Several people have been injured as explosions today rocked the London Underground subway network, prompting its closure. Travelers emerged from tunnels covered in blood and soot. A blast also hit at least one bus, witnesses said. Scotland Yard reported multiple explosions across the city. The cause of the blasts was not immediately known.

CNN story here.

Facts:
- a day after London was awarded the 2012 Olympics
- the G8 summit was getting under way in Scotland
- initial reports blamed a power surge, but officials were not ruling out a terrorist attack.
- a packed double decker bus in the Russell Square area had been severely damaged in a blast.
- there was another incident at Edgware Road station in north west London.
- map of stations affected below

What is this world coming to?

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