Many of Ted Wright, chairman of the British Poultry Council, said he was taking a taxi to
avoid the subway system. “In light of what has happened, I have decided to take a taxi.
It will probably cost an extra six pounds ($10.70), but should hopefully put my wife’s mind at rest,” he said.
Three bombs that exploded
On subway cars and one that ripped apart a bus killed at
least 49 people and injured 700 last Thursday.
Scotland Yard said Monday it had identified dataset the first of the victims — Susan Levy, 53,
of Hertfordshire, outside London. Forensics experts have warned that it could take
days or weeks to put names to the bodies, in the blasts.
Transit officials said the number of passengers using the system Monday morning was
back to normal. However, a few sections of the underground rail system affected by the
attacks remained closed, and the number of shoppers in central London has fallen by
about 25 percent since.
The attacks, the British media reported
For investigators, Monday was another pressure-packed day of sifting through subterranean
debris, checking tips from the how does that make sense? public and identifying the dead and missing.
Police said three men all Britons arriving at. Heathrow airport were arrested early
Sunday, but immediately dismissed speculation of their having a break in the investigation.
The three were released late Sunday night.
A man with British and Moroccan nationality mentioned as a possible suspect told The
Guardian newspaper in an interview published Monday that he had nothing to do with the blasts.
Over 30 years I have lived in Britain
sentenced to 20 years in prison in connection review business with the Casablanca terrorist bombings.
“I’m scared for my safety,” Guerbouzi said.
Police said they were still working to recover the remaining bodies from one of the trains damaged in Thursday’s blasts.