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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (48705)	7/8/2005 4:40:55 AM
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Bus 'Suicide Bomber' Spotted By Passengers Survivors of the bomb blast on London's Tavistock Square have told how they saw a "suicide bomber" on board.The packed Number 30 bus was ripped apart by the explosion at 9.47am.Richard Jones, who was travelling on the bus, said he is convinced he saw a bomber setting a device. The 61-year-old told The Sun: "I noticed him as he looked nervous. He was continually diving into his bag, rummaging round and looking in it." Seconds after Mr Jones stepped off the bus, it exploded with the "bomber" still on board. Terence Mutasa, 27, a staff nurse at University College hospital, told The Sun: "I treated two girls in their 20s who were involved in the bus bomb. "They were saying some guy came and sat down and that he exploded." He added: "They said the guy just sat down and the explosion happened. They thought it was a suicide bomber." Joely Ward, 36, was walking alongside the bus when it exploded. She told the Daily Mirror: "There was a huge bang and a pile of glass flew over my head. As I looked down there was a mound of flesh at my feet. "I did not even register what it was, and then I saw a hand sticking out of it. It was a torso at my feet. It was blown apart." A student who was near the explosion and helped medics at the scene said she saw "seven people obviously dead". "There were so many bodies," another witness said. Stephanie Riak Akuei told The Sun: "There was a lot of body parts and human debris. There were people trapped on the bus." "At first there was an eerie quiet and a very profuse smell of blood." She added: "I think there were at least 20 people on the bus. At least five were beyond recognition and we covered them up with blankets." Other passengers spoke of people remaining in their seats with limbs and body parts missing. One man was pulled out with bones sticking out of his flesh and chunks ripped out of his skin. Another had been blinded, witnesses