Summary: July 7, 2005: President of the European Parliament "horrified by the terrorist attacks on London" Statement by President Borrell (Brussels)
Parliament President Josep BORRELL held one-minute's silence after news of a coordinated series of attacks in London today.
President Borrell made the following statement to Parliament:
"In the last hour, reports have reached me of what now appears to be a co-ordinated series of attacks on London's transport system. Explosions have been detonated on three buses and four tube stations and there are already confirmed deaths and terrible injuries. Reports of attacks are continuing to arrive every few minutes.
On behalf of the Parliament, I want to express our condolences to the families of those who have died and express our solidarity to those who are injured and suffering the consequences of these barbaric acts.
As President of the Parliament, and also as a citizen of a country which experienced only last year the horror of this kind of multiple attack, I want to send, on behalf of the Parliament, a message of solidarity to the British people.
We all stand with you today, and we will never let the atrocities of terrorism defeat the values of peace and democracy in Europe."
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