LONDON – Terror and death in London. A bomb exploded last night at 10.45 pm on Wellington Street, in the district of Aldwich, the theater area of ​​the British capital. According to the witnesses three people lost their lives in the attack, the news spread by Scotland Yard give news about a dozen seriously injured. a double-decker bus of line 171 has been targeted. The attack has not been claimed, but everything suggests that the ultras of ‘Ira are back to strike.
A new alarm has been triggered just over an hour after the first explosion. The police have cordoned off the whole area around Piccadilly Circus: the presence of another bomb was reported. Thousands of agents are mobilized in the streets of central London.
They scream at the people to get away and shut themselves up in their homes, keeping away from the windows. The bomb that exploded in Aldwich could have caused many more victims. The area – not far from the Charing Cross station, a short distance from the Hotel Savoy and the Bbc Radio headquarters – is very busy during the week: it is the heart of the London of the theaters and is halfway between the Business City and the West End. Last night in the streets of the district there were few passers-by. The roar was very strong. The bus was completely destroyed by the explosion and the flames of the fire that developed in a few minutes. According to witnesses, even a taxi was destroyed. The windows of the buildings around them shatter. Dozens of ambulances and police cars immediately came to Wellington Street
The wounded were taken to the nearby St. Thomas hospital, on the other side of the Thames, not far from Wstminster. Police blockaded the streets surrounding the blast zone, forbidding journalists still at work in the nearby Bbc Radio building to exit. “I was walking right there when I saw a glimpse in the sky and I heard a very loud roar, it was terrible – a witness said – when I looked down I saw a fire, the bus destroyed and I heard people to shout”. The tvs have been kept away from the area
“It will be difficult for any of those poor people to be saved,” said a photographer. He was drinking in a pub not far from the explosion site when he heard the blast. “I saw a woman with a blood-covered face lying on the ground, and then the police pushed the passersby away.” Now Scotland Yard fears the worst. Even if it has not been claimed, the attack seems to bear the unmistakable signature of the IRA, the Irish Republican Army. This time the terrorists seem to have chosen hard play: they are not limited only to the classic tension strategy made of bombs and announced bombings. Now they are aiming to sow death, as they did at Canary Wharf. Yesterday evening the explosion occurred without any warning, not even a code call. The terror is around the corner: so do the tourists who are already beginning to disappear, making London a ghost town