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Archive: Big Brother News Archive: LONDON BOMBINGS A series of bomb attacks on London's transport network has killed more than 30 people and injured about 700 others. Three explosions on the Underground left 35 dead and two more died in a blast on a double-decker bus. UK Prime Minister Tony Blair promised the "most intense police and security service action to make sure we bring those responsible to justice". An Islamist website has posted a statement - purportedly from al-Qaeda - claiming it was behind the attacks. Mr Blair, who has returned to London from the G8 summit, condemned the terrorists and paid tribute to the stoicism and resilience of the people of London. "They are trying to use the slaughter of innocent people to cow us, to frighten us out of doing the things that we want to do," he said in a televised statement from Downing Street. Map of where the blasts happened They "should not and they must not succeed," he said. "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 those who do this every bit as much as we do," he added. The Queen said she was "deeply shocked" and sent her sympathy to those affected and the Union flag was flying at half mast over Buckingham Palace. Blast timeline 0851 Seven people die in a blast on a train 100 yards from Liverpool Street station 0856 21 people die in a blast on a train between Russell Square and King's Cross stations 0917 Seven people die in blast on a train at Edgware Road station 0947 Two people die in a blast on a number 30 bus at Tavistock Place US President George Bush told reporters at the G8 Summit in Gleneagles that "the war on terror goes on." All London Underground services have been suspended until at least Friday. Bus services have resumed in central London (Zone One) with diversions in affected areas. Most mainline train stations are open. Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Brian Paddick confirmed 33 people had died in the blasts on the Underground. They are trying to use the slaughter of innocent people to cow us, to frighten us out of doing the things that we want to do Tony Blair Blair statement in full He said there were 21 confirmed fatalities following the blast at 0856 BST in a tunnel between King's Cross and Russell Square. There were seven confirmed deaths after a blast at 0851 BST 100 yards into a tunnel from Liverpool Street station. The train was either a Central Line or Circle Line train. And at 0917 BST an explosion on a train coming into Edgware Road underground station blew a hole through a wall onto another train in an adjoining platform. Three trains were thought to be involved and there were seven confirmed deaths so far, Mr Paddick said. He said two had died in the bus blast at 0947 at the junction of Upper Woburn Place and Tavistock Square. An unknown number died in the bus explosion There were also 700 people injured, Mr Paddick said. London Ambulance Service said it had treated 45 patients with serious or critical injuries including burns, amputations, chest and blast injuries and fractured limbs. In other developments: The police set up a casualty bureau number on 0870 1566344 The officer in charge of policing the G8 summit said many of the 1,500 Metropolitan Police officers in Scotland would be urgently redeployed to London New Olympics minister Tessa Jowell said celebrations to mark the homecoming from Singapore of the successful London Olympic bid team have been cancelled Pope Benedict said the blasts were "barbaric acts against humanity" in a message to the Archbishop of Westminster Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor London Mayor Ken Livingstone, speaking from Singapore before flying back to the UK, said Londoners would not be divided by a "cowardly attack". 54 state schools were closed in Westminster Mobile phone services across London were jammed with all major networks reporting problems as people tried to contact relatives and friends. A spokeswoman for Vodafone said the emergency services were being given priority. Mr Paddick confirmed police were looking into whether the bus blast was the work of a suicide bomber. But, he added: "It could as easily be an explosive device left on the bus as the work of a suicide bomber. We are not able to determine which it was yet." He said no warning had been given before the blasts and that no-one had yet claimed to be behind them. BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner said a previously unknown group calling itself the Secret Organisation Group of al-Qaeda of Jihad Organisation in Europe had claimed to be behind the attacks in a statement posted on an Islamist website. The group's statement said the attacks were revenge for the "massacres" Britain was committing in Iraq and Afghanistan and that the country was now "burning with fear and panic", he added. HAVE YOUR SAY There are a lot of people phoning loved ones to make sure they are ok Amy Hinkley, London, Have you been affected? Early reports had suggested a power surge could be to blame for explosions on the Underground but this was later discounted. Describing the bus blast in Tavistock Square, witness Belinda Seabrook said she saw an explosion rip through the vehicle. "I was on the bus in front and heard an incredible bang, I turned round and half the double-decker bus was in the air," she said. She said the bus had been travelling from Euston to Russell Square and was "packed" with people turned away from Tube stops. "It was a massive explosion and there were papers and half a bus flying through the air." she said. One caller to BBC Five Live said his friend had seen "the bus ripped open like a can of sardines". 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