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tim... · September 16th 17, 01:15 PM posted to uk.transport.london

"Recliner" wrote in message
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On Fri, 15 Sep 2017 15:01:08 -0500,
wrote:

In article ,
(Charles Ellson) wrote:

On Fri, 15 Sep 2017 08:50:12 -0000 (UTC), Recliner
wrote:

Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 09:13:33 on Fri, 15 Sep
2017, Graeme Wall remarked:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41278545

Lithium battery inside something? Injuries cause by the panic, not
the
'device'.

It looks like it was a very-improvised explosive device that
fortunately
didn't go off properly. But it does seem to have burned some
passengers,
while other injuries were indeed caused by the panic evacuation.

One of the people waiting for her train on the station was the main
presenter of BBC London news, so I guess she'll have extensive reports
on
it in today's bulletins.

She's just said she was 15 minutes away.

It seems the Wimbledon Branch is closed for the day. I passed Wimbledon
(on
my way from Waterloo to Bournemouth) about 12:45 and there were 4 District
Line trains in the bay platforms showing their tail lights. So they
weren't
going anywhere soon.

While I think we can be grateful (like on 21/7) that making viable
explosive
devices isn't as easy as many people think, I see the threat level has
been
raised to critical, presumably because the culprit is at large and may
have
other weaponry.

And as with other attacks, there may be a bomb-making cell behind it.
We can laugh at their incompetence with this bomb, but they may get it
right with a second one.

as is said

they only need to get lucky once

tim