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A wrecked double-decker bus, with its roof blown off and debris strewn across the road, after the blast in Russell Square in central London."

The death toll from a series of terrorist bomb blasts on London's public transport system rose to 38 today as authorities tried to verify a claim of responsibility for the attacks by a group linking itself to al-Qaeda.

The terrorists struck at crowded underground rail stations and a double-decker bus in four co-ordinated explosions during yesterday's morning commuter rush period.

Authorities have confirmed that at least 38 people had been killed, and 700 injured in the blasts.
Three explosions on the Underground left 35 dead, two died in a blast on a bus and another died later in hospital.

Seven Australians were among those in hospital.
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