I know there are many topics on the London Terrorist attack, But here are the Facts of the attack.
As with July 7, there were four sites of attack, three on London Underground trains and one on a bus. Police have not specified what happened, but witnesses in all locations reported small-scale explosions, all seeming to come from rucksack-borne bombs.
The three Underground blasts happened almost simultaneously at Shepherd's Bush station in west London, Oval station to the south and Warren Street station to the north of the city centre.
An eyewitness on the train at Oval station described seeing a man run away after his rucksack exploded with a small blast, with similar reports of a rucksack exploding at Warren Street.
At Shepherd's Bush, a witness told a newspaper he saw a man lying flat on the ground on top of his smoking rucksack, seemingly dazed and surprised to be alive.
About an hour later, the driver of a Number 26 double-decker bus in Shoreditch, east of the city centre, heard a bang on the vehicle's top deck followed by smoke, and found some of the windows had been blown out.
VICTIMS:
The blasts appear to have been far smaller than two weeks ago, with only one injury initially reported. Police later said that no one had been hurt.
THE INTENTION:
According to police, the attacks were meant to kill people but had gone awry.
"Clearly the intention must have been to kill. You don't do this with any other intention," said police chief Blair, adding that "the intention of the terrorists has not been fulfilled."
Terrorist experts have said that the loud, popping bangs heard by some witnesses indicated the bomb detonators might have gone off without triggering the main explosive blasts.
THE IMPACT:
As with July 7, there was little panic, although some people fleeing the affected Underground trains were distressed.
Soon after the alerts, much of the Underground network -- still coping with the impact of the blasts two weeks ago -- was suspended. Streets around the affected stations were sealed off, bringing traffic to a standstill.
THE ATTACKERS:
Police, while describing the attackers as "terrorists," have not said anything about the possible perpetrators.
But there were striking similarities between Thursday's incidents and the July 7 attacks, which police believe were carried out by four British Muslim suicide bombers with links to the Al-Qaeda extremist group.
In both attacks, three Underground lines and a bus were targeted at compass points around London. All the affected lines pass through King's Cross station, where the July 7 bombers are known to have dispersed.
The attack on the bus occurred an hour after the Underground attacks, just like on July 7.
The explosives also appeared to have been carried in rucksacks, as was the case a fortnight before.
It is not know whether the bombers intended to kill themselves. However, witnesses said two of the men seemed disoriented or annoyed when only small explosions occurred.
THE INVESTIGATION:
Police were immediately hopeful that items left behind after the latest attacks could bring vital clues, also to the July 7 blasts.
"We do believe that this may represent a significant breakthrough in the sense that there is forensic material at these scenes," Commissioner Blair told a press conference.
Police were also hunting for the attackers, one of whom was almost caught by passers-by as he fled from Oval station, witnesses reported.
THE REACTION:
Again, the official response has been for Londoners to continue with their lives as normal, so far as possible.
The attackers were trying to "intimidate people and to scare them and to frighten them to stop them going about their normal business," Prime Minister Tony Blair told reporters.
"It is important that we respond by keeping to our normal lives and doing what we want to do because to do otherwise is, in a sense, to give them the very thing they are looking for."
This is the worst part of these attacks, we have two choices.
Ignore the intimidations:
Well, then they're just going to keep going at it, noticing no restraint.
Fight back:
Then you're just making em happy aren't you? Now they know they've pissed you off, which is what they wanted!
I'd say you have the facts exactly right.
Although it worries me, I've actually felt relieved that these attacks have started happening, as it might encourage our government (currently out of session for 80 days) to get off their arses and do something about the situation.
Yea, I guess Great Britain will now fully support our efforts on our War on Terrorism. Basically the terrorists are digging themselves bigger and deeper traps, the more countries they attack, the more opposition they will face and their chance of extinction becomes more and more inevitable
A man in a coat described by witnesses as "Asian" ate 5 bullets.
A second man has been arrested in connection with Thursday's attempted bombings in London, police said.
The man was held in Stockwell, south London, under anti-terror laws late on Friday night, police said.
A man held in an earlier police raid at Stockwell is still being questioned. A man was shot dead by police at nearby Stockwell Tube station on Friday.
Pictures of four men sought over the failed attacks on three Tube trains and a bus have been released by police.
Meanwhile Mile End Tube station in east London has reopened after an earlier security alert on a train.
The station was closed for around 30 minutes. One witness said he had seen smoke coming from a carriage and a man was reportedly taken away for questioning.
Police said the alert was sparked by a reported sighting of one of the men pictured in the CCTV footage released on Friday.
'Be vigilant'
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair declined to say if the men arrested in Stockwell were any of the men pictured.
He urged the public to be vigilant and mind their bags on transport systems, but to still go about their business as normal.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is investigating the Stockwell shooting.
Sir Ian said the shooting was "directly linked" to the ongoing London bombs probe.
It is normal procedure for fatal police shootings to be investigated by the IPCC.
The dead man, who was under police observation, was shot at about 1000 BST after apparently refusing to stop as he entered Stockwell station.
Eyewitnesses say he was chased onto a train where officers bundled on top of him and shot him in the head.
Police have said it is not yet clear if he was one of four bombing suspects but BBC correspondent Danny Shaw said the man was believed to be an accomplice of the men.
"He was under surveillance. He entered the Tube station and refused to obey instructions, police followed him onto the train and then shot him dead," our correspondent said.
The Muslim Council of Britain said they were concerned about a possible police "shoot to kill" policy. But Pc Norman Brennan, head of the Protect the Protectors group, said the recent attacks proved all officers should be armed.
Anyone with information about the shooting can call police on 020 8785 8632.
The men arrested in Stockwell are being held at Paddington Green station, central London, on suspicion of the preparation, instigation and commission of acts of terrorism.
The first man arrested was held during a raid at a block of flats between Carroun Road and Dorset Road at about 1630 BST by armed police. He was led away with a woman and child.
Meanwhile, a 29-year-old West Yorkshire man, held since 12 July on suspicion of terrorist offences, has been released without charge.
'Greatest challenge'
Sir Ian Blair said the failed attacks and the carnage on 7 July had left Scotland Yard facing "the greatest operational challenge" in its history.
Three of the devices found after the failed bombings were the same size and weight as those used on 7 July.
The fourth was smaller and appeared to have been contained in a plastic box. The same chemicals appear to have been used.
They targeted Oval, Warren Street and Shepherd's Bush stations and a bus in Hackney.