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Minute-by-minute account
SPECIAL REPORT
YOUR E-MAIL ALERTS(CNN) -- Below is a minute-by-minute timeline of events following the July 7 bombings in London that left dozens dead and hundreds wounded. All times are British Summer Time. 8:50 a.m. Three explosions occur almost simultaneously on three London Underground trains: between Aldgate and Liverpool Street stations on the Circle Line; between Russell Square and King's Cross stations on the Piccadilly Line; and at Edgware Road station on the Circle Line. Originally police thought only the Aldgate/Liverpool Street train was hit at about this time. The Russell Square/King's Cross blast was first reported at 8:56, and the Edgware blast at 9:17. A review of technical data and witness accounts showed the three bombs actually went off within about 50 seconds. 9:47 A No. 30 bus on Upper Woburn Place near Tavistock Square is destroyed by a fourth explosion. Pictures show the roof of the double-decker bus ripped off and witnesses report seeing body parts in the road, Reuters reports. 10:02 Scotland Yard says it is dealing with a "major incident." 10:47 Home Secretary Charles Clarke says multiple London blasts have caused "terrible injuries." 11:15 European Union commissioner for justice and security affairs Franco Frattini tells reporters in Rome that the blasts in London are terrorist attacks. 11:35 London police chief tells Reuters news agency there are "indications of explosives" at one of the blast sites. 12:00 pm British Prime Minister Tony Blair says the "barbaric" London blasts are terrorist attacks and were designed to coincide with the G8 summit in Scotland. He will return to London. 12:15 A group calling itself the Group of al-Qaeda of Jihad Organization in Europe lays claim to the blasts, posting a statement on an Islamist web site. The claim cannot be independently verified. 12:27 Police and hospital officials tell Reuters that a total of 185 people are wounded across London, 10 of them seriously and seven critically. 12:51 Emergency services personnel tells CNN writer William Chamberlain that all survivors had been evacuated from Kings Cross station, leaving the dead below ground "in the double digits." 12:53 Britain's Home Secretary Charles Clarke tells the House of Commons there were four explosions in central London and the underground system will be closed all day. They would decide later in day whether to resume bus services. Earlier six attacks were reported. 2:38 U.S. law enforcement sources say the British government has said that at least 40 people have been killed. London hospitals report at least 300 wounded, the Associated Press reports. 3:26 London deputy police chief Brian Paddick says police had no warning of the attacks and have not received any claims of responsibility. He says police are keeping an open mind over who carried out the attacks and that it is unclear whether a claim of responsibility by al Qaeda is genuine or whether suicide bombers were involved. No arrests have been made in connection with the attacks. 3:41 Assistant chief ambulance officer Russell Smith says the service has treated 45 patients with serious or critical injuries. A further 300 patients have been treated for minor injuries. 4:25 Police issue the following casualty hotline number for people concerned about friends and relatives: +44 (0)870 1566 344. 4:32 Transport authorities say Docklands Light Railway services in east London and mainline rail services have resumed, except out of King's Cross and Victoria stations. Buses in central London are also returning to service. All underground services remain suspended. 5:43 Prime Minister Tony Blair says that Britain will not be intimidated by terrorism and promises intense police and security services action to bring those behind the bombings to justice. "I would also pay tribute to the stoicism and resilience of the people of London who have responded in a way typical of them," says Blair. 5:49 The United Nations Security Council passes a resolution condemning the London attacks and expressing "outrage and indignation at today's appalling terrorist attacks against the people of the United Kingdom that cost human life and caused injuries and immense human suffering." Copyright 2006 CNN. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Associated Press contributed to this report. 
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