Hunt Intensifies for London Terrorists

Thursday, July 07, 2005

July 7: Injured tube passengers are escorted away from Edgware Road Tube Station in London.

LONDON — With England's capital city reeling from Thursday's terrorist attacks on its public transportation system, the focus turned to the hunt for who was responsible.

An organization calling itself the "Secret Group of Al Qaeda's Jihad in Europe" claimed it carried out the coordinated series of four explosions, three on the subway and one on a double-decker bus during the morning rush hour.

That claim couldn't immediately be confirmed.

At least 37 people were reported dead and more than 700 were wounded in the worst attack on London since World War II, according to U.S. officials.

The four blasts all went off within an hour, beginning at 8:51 a.m. (3:51 a.m. EDT). Authorities immediately shut down the subway and bus lines that log 8.4 million passenger trips every weekday.

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