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Three tube stations in London have been evacuated after 'incidents'. Emergency services have been called to Warren Street, Oval and Shepherd's Bush stations. Smoke has been reported coming from all three stations. Waterloo Station also reports a "security alert". The Northern line, the Victoria Line, the Hammersmith and City Line and the Waterloo and City Line have been suspended.

Police and emergency services at Oval tube station, south London, after incidents were reported on London's public transport system. Photograph: Sergio Dionisio/PA

A spokesman for Stagecoach said the driver of the number 26 bus travelling through Shoreditch had heard a bang on upper deck, gone upstairs and seen the windows were blown out. The bus driver was very shaken but said to be fine.

Sending text messages from mobiles phones on some networks (O2 confirmed, Orange is fine) has been blocked. Various news sites are reporting a minor explosion in a passenger's backpack. A BBC correspondent suggested the explosions were only detonators.

A spokesman for London Underground has stated the nature of the incidents is unknown.

Police have also confirmed that the emergency services have responded to reports of an incident on a route 26 bus in Hackney Road. It has been reported that this incident involved a shooting. (BBC News 24 is reporting, at 2pm BST, that the windows on the top deck were blown out, and there was a rucksack left on the back seat.)

Warren Street Incident: Cameraphone Shot

"Was getting my hair cut on Googe Street. Heard the news on the radio and ran up Tottenham Court Road. TCR has been cleared and Sweeney's doing 90 towards the tube station" - donkeyontheedge - www.flickr.com/photos/bozo/

Reuters news agency reported that a nail bomb had exploded at Warren Street, central London, however this is unconfirmed. Reports suggest that the 'explosions' were detonators only, and that no explosives have actually been detonated. It is also believed that reports of gunshots being heard at the stations are mistaken, passengers simply mistaking the sound of the detonators for the sound of gunshots.

A quarter of Shepherd's Bush / Uxbridge Road is sealed off.

Eyewitness report of "bang" in carriage in Oval station. No injuries. Suspect spotted and ran out of station, leaving suspect package in carriage unexploded. London Police are not regarding this as a major incident yet. (BBC News 24)

British Transport Police report there has been one injury at Warren Street Station. No details as to the cause and nature of this injury are available.

This; exactly two weeks since multiple explosions rocked london

Sources:

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4703777.stm
en.wikinews.org/wiki/London_Underground_evacuation_after_'Incidents'

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