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Kathianne
09-15-2017, 06:50 AM
Manhunt underway. IED, did not fully detonate but 20 hospitalized with burns. The device was on a timer to go at height of rush hour.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/15/europe/london-tube-security-incident/index.html

Drummond
09-15-2017, 09:45 AM
Manhunt underway. IED, did not fully detonate but 20 hospitalized with burns. The device was on a timer to go at height of rush hour.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/15/europe/london-tube-security-incident/index.html

I think this was done more just for its newsworthiness / impact value, than to kill en masse. The area chosen for this was an outlying one, SW London(ish) area, very much a suburban environment, rather than a busy Central London one.

So on those grounds, it doesn't particularly qualify as 'a major incident' as such. As you'd expect, though, our news is dominated by it.

I don't see the point of it, in any case. We know what terrorists are capable of. We don't need reminders !