Report Cites Failures in Bombing Response
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From Times Wire Reports
Flawed emergency planning and communications breakdowns hampered rescuers’ response to London’s deadly transit bombings last year, an official inquiry has found.
The report highlights the confusion after the July 7 bombings when cellular networks were overloaded and radio links from street level to rescuers in the subway failed. The attacks killed 52 people and the four bombers and injured about 700.
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