‘Murderous carnage’ of bombs condemned by Blair

British PM Tony Blair condemned last week’s bomb attacks in London as a ‘‘murderous carnage of the innocent’’ on Mo...

British PM Tony Blair condemned last week’s bomb attacks in London as a ‘‘murderous carnage of the innocent’’ on Monday and vowed Britain would hunt down the suspected Islamist militants responsible. Blair said the search for the attackers was one of the most intense and vigorous the country had known.

‘‘We’re recovering body parts. We are not recovering whole bodies,’’ said Metropolitan Police Commissioner Ian Blair, warning that the death toll would rise.

Authorities made the first two formal identifications of victims—a mother of two and a university cleaner. But dozens of families were still anxiously awaiting news.

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A Nigerian mother made an anguished appeal to be told the fate of her British-born son near the site of the bus bombing, where people laid flowers in memory of the victims. Marie Fatayi-Williams appealed for news about her son, Anthony, 26.

European security officials familiar with the investigation said those behind the bombings may well have come from a previously unknown Al Qaeda cell which somehow gained access to military explosives.

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