38 dead in London blasts

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A series of explosions ripped through London today as suspected terrorist attacks on tube trains and a bus killed at least 38 people and plunged the capital into chaos. The Metropolitan police confirmed 35 deaths in the three tube blasts, and two further fatalities on a double-decker bus gutted by a bomb. Another person died later in hospital. The London ambulance service said it had treated 45 people with serious or critical injuries, including burns and amputations, and another 300 people with minor injuries. London hospitals reported treating hundreds of wounded. Police said the overall number of wounded was as high as 700.