Bruneians Safe After London Bombings
By Rosli Abidin Yahya

Bandar Seri Begawan - Anxious parents whose children are studying in London were grateful when their offspring called them up to say they were not affected by the series of bombings that ripped through three underground trains and a bus, killing more than 50 people.

A father said her daughter, a doctor pursuing for a specialisation, called him up as soon as the London bombing news broke out.

"My daughter phoned me up to say she was not affected even though she had to walk nine miles from her medical school, King's College in North London, to return to her accommodation at the Brunei Hall in Norfolk Square, Central London.

"She had to walk home as the underground trains and buses have been paralysed," he said.

The entire underground and bus network had been suspended after the incidents in Edgware Road, King's Cross, Liverpool Street, Russell Square, Aldgate East and Moorgate stations, most of which serve London's financial district.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs had told Radio Television Brunei (RTB) no Bruneians in London are known to have been affected by the bomb blasts.

It was also lucky the bombings happened when many Brunei students are back on holiday here.

However, there are some staying put in London as they need to do industrial stints or wait for their graduation day. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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