Chris Hansen’s blog

Well, we seem to be under siege again. The BBC has been on since 1:30 here with speculation, rather than a lot of fact. I think that the four “explosions” were probably meant to kill, but were set up by someone who is not terribly skilled at this. Thus, the detonators went off but the bombs did not. This is quite remarkable considering that the explosive reported used in the 7/7 attacks is quite volatile and fairly sensitive to heat, electricity, or jostling. I think that at least one of these guys has been arrested as he was injured in the explosion. One of them happened at the Oval, two stations south of the Elephant and Castle on the Northern Line. I myself went to Brick Lane, quite near today’s bus incident, to buy black bread and a lunch bagel around 12:45 pm. In the midst of life…

Thank God there were no fatalities. Thank God they may have caught at least one of them.

A defense security analyst on BBC News 24 just now has said that the public has to be super-vigilant, and pay special attention to Asian-looking people. I think that it’s going to be very difficult to be Muslim and young and male in the United Kingdom in the next few days, weeks, and months.

HWMBO and I are OK.

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