Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Blasts jolt London // Car bomb kills 2, injures 75 in city's center

LONDON A car bomb believed planted by the Irish Republican Armykilled at least two people and injured 75 in the heart of LondonFriday night, hours after Britons returned the Conservative Party topower in a general election.

The bombing was followed by a second blast north of the citycenter overnight.

Scotland Yard said the second explosion was at Staples Corner,on the busy junction of the M1 motorway and the North Circular Roadbeltway. Police attributed the blast to a car bomb and said oneperson was injured.

Officials said two died in the first bombing. Hospitals said 75were injured, four seriously, in that incident. Most of the injurieswere from flying …

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