London terror bombings kill 37, wound 700
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-07-08 07:21

Theaters in London's West End all canceled Thursday's performances.

Doctors streamed out of the British Medical Association's offices when the bus blew up outside.

"There was someone in bits in the road," said Dr. Laurence Buckman. "The front of BMA house was completely splattered with blood and not much of the bus was left."

Metro Transit Police Officer B. Hanna searches a Metro train in Washington July 7, 2005. Security was increased in Metro Stations after explosions rocked the subway system earlier on Thursday in London. [Reuters]

The driver was among the survivors, said bus operator Stagecoach.

Bystander Raj Mattoo, 35, said the roof of the bus "flew off and went up about 10 meters (about 30 feet). It then floated back down."

Terrorism experts agreed with Straw that the explosions had the hallmarks of al-Qaida.

"This is clearly an al-Qaida style attack. It was well coordinated, it was timed for a political event and it was a multiple attack on a transportation system at rush hour," said Lawrence Freedman, professor of war studies at King's College in London.

Blair implicated Islamic extremists but cautioned that they speak for only a small percentage of Muslims.

"We know that these people act in the name of Islam, but we also know that the vast and overwhelming majority of Muslims here and abroad are decent and law-abiding people who abhor this act of terrorism every bit as much as we do," Blair said.

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