Blasts Were Just Seconds Apart, Police Say ; Computers Record Quick Series, Point to Timing Devices

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LONDON - Police radically revised the timing of the deadly blasts that tore through the London Underground, saying Saturday that the bombs were detonated just seconds apart - not 26 minutes, as first reported.

Many bodies still lay buried in a rat-infested subway tunnel and frantic relatives begged for word about others still missing in the worst attack on London since World War II. Police indicated as many as 50 additional victims were unaccounted for.

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Blasts Were Just Seconds Apart, Police Say ; Computers Record Quick Series, Point to Timing Devices

The explosions were so intense, authorities said, that none of the 49 known dead has yet been identified.

Deputy Assistant Police Commissioner Brian Paddick said the near- simultaneous nature of the attacks Thursday indicated timers - not suicide bombers - set off the explosions. He cautioned, however, that the investiga...

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