Call to public for mobile phone pictures


21 July 2005 18:14

Police are hoping the public can provide vital information in their search for today's London bombers.

They are appealing for anyone with mobile phone images, pictures or video from any of the four sites to send in their images via a website: www.police.uk.

At a press conference this evening Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair called on anyone who may have photos or mobile phone images from any of the incident scenes, either at the time of the incident or shortly before, to send them in to the website.

Sir Ian said police have secured the four scenes of the explosions and the situation was fully under control. He said that there was nothing to indicate there had been a chemical attack, but more conventional devices had been used.

One person has been injured in the incidents. He said there had been four attempts to cause chaos, but it was time to try and return to normal.

The Commissioner urged Londoners to get moving again, avoiding the four scenes affected. Three tube lines were still closed, the Victoria, Northern and Hammersmith & City Lines. Sir Ian said that transport workers should come on shift as planned so that the transport network could keep running as normally as possible.

At the same press conference London Mayor Ken Livingstone praised the emergency services, and tube and bus staff for their courage. He said Londoners should not have been surprised at the second attack, but added: “We will get through it”.

Anyone with any information is also being urged to contact the anti-terrorist hotline on 0800 789321.

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