London

The Head of London’s Metropolitan Police said that the final grizzly tally for yesterday’s bombing will be between 50 and 100 dead. Sir Ian Blair said there were several bodies still in the train at Russell Square, so accuracy would not be forthcoming yet, but he added that there would be an “implacable resolve” to track down those responsible. The blasts at three underground locations and a double-decker bus left 700 hurt, with 100 held overnight in hospital and 22 in serious or critical condition.

A massive intelligence investigation is under way to find those responsible, with Sir Ian Blair saying it was “blindingly obvious” that a terrorist cell was operating in Britain. According to the BBC, police anti-terrorist branch boss Andy Hayman claimed that each device had less than 10 lbs. of high explosive in it and could be carried in a rucksack. In the Tube trains these devices were on the floor. In the bus, the device may have been on the seat or the floor. Early speculation that the bus attack was the work of a suicide bomber is being dismissed.