The Times Eyewitness Reports
Eyewitness reports
by Times Online and PA NewsWarren Street
The Tube station has been closed after reports of an explosion, possibly a nailbomb
Sosiane Mohellavi, 35, was travelling from Oxford Circus to Walthamstow when she was evacuated from a train at Warren Street: “I was sitting in the carriage reading a book and I smelt something burning, like wiring or tyres, and it just got more intense. Suddenly people panicked and started screaming and were walking on each other’s backs trying to get the hell out of there. I couldn’t move, I didn’t know what to do, whether to run or not. People ran and left their shoes and belongings when they smelt the burning,” she said.
Hackney
Police have sealed off Hackney Road after reports of a package on a number 26 bus
Keith Roberts, working in a shop in Hackney, told Sky news that he could see the bus from his window: “There is a bus parked opposite a shop. The bus driver was talking to one of the police. Then the bus was evacuated, the road closed and people have been evacuated from their houses.
“I’m about 100m away from the scene. Police are telling people to move away from their cars and houses and are evacuating the area. My shop is very near. I’m being told to get off the phone.”
Peter Bale, Editorial Director, Times Online: “Police have sealed of Hackney Road at Columbia Road, where there is a number 26 bus. There is no obvious damage to the bus. Police say they are investigating a suspect package on the number 26 bus. There is no evidence that anything has gone off and police are declining to say whether or not it has.”
Shepherd’s Bush
The tube station has been closed after reports that a man tried to blow himself up
Alvin Ho, a Shepherd’s Bush resident, has told Times reporter David Rose that the Hammersmith and City Line station is closed and Shepherd’s Bush Green has been sealed off with police tape. Hundreds of people are being held back by a cordon. The road, which is normally busy is eerily quiet, but the Central Line station, at the other side of the green, is still open.
Oval
After reports of an incident, police at Oval station have found no trace of any chemical agents, but there were however reports of a struggle.
A witness who was travelling through the station told Sky News: “There were three men struggling with a man on the carriage of the train. They were struggling with him and there was a woman and a baby crying.
“There was a man was sat besides her with a rucksack. The carriage opened and the man ran away, but they couldn’t catch up with him. As far as I’m aware that person has got away, but I was just trying to find a way out of the carriage and the station.”
Sounds like a few people must have been injured in the panic. Seems as if the stoic calm in response to the first attacks must have been due to shock, now the fear of bombings has led to panic being a far bigger issue than it was before.