London Attacked

From various news and wire reports this morning there seems to have been a series of near-simultaneous terrorist attacks on public transportation targets in London, England. While early reports are still coming in, there seems to have been a minimum of seven attacks, all have targeted subways and buses.

I'll attempt to sort things out as information becomes available, but so far, these seem to be the targets hit so far:

• Russell Square subway station


• Aldgate subway station


• Liverpool Street subway station


• Edgware Road subway station


• A double-decker bus near Russell Square


• Some sort of event on Old Street (not yet specified or confirmed)


• An incident near the British Museum (not yet specified or confirmed)


• And incident near Tavistock Place (not yet specified or confirmed)

I must stress this list may not be accurate, I'm simply cobbling together what I can from various online news agencies. Attacks on a double-decker bus at Russell Square have been confirmed. Attacks on the subway lines (the British call it the “tube”) at Edgware Road and Aldgate seem to be confirmed via pictures from AP.

MSNBC.com is running a flash headline saying a ”violent Islamic group”—can they not even say “terrorist” anymore?—is claiming responsibility.

Early reports say that at least eight civilians are dead and close to 100 are injured. I'll be following this story throughout the day, and saying a prayer for our oldest allies.