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Commissioner and Mayor hold press conference
At the press conference held at 15.30 on 8 July Sir Ian said 23 police forces were involved in answering the Casualty Bureau calls making this a truly national response.
Speaking of the bus explosion, he said that all the bodies had now been removed from the Tavistock Square site. Thirteen people are now known to have died on this bus.
The Commissioner paid tribute to the fact that there had been no difficulties at any mosques where Friday prayers had been taking place.
Re-emphasising the need for information he said "Together we can defeat this. Communities defeat terrorism, not the police". However, the Metropolitan Police has an "implacable resolve" to track down and bring to justice whoever is responsible.
He paid tribute to the many acts of heroism and quick-thinking we are hearing about - people who had been heroes for us all yesterday.
Mayor Ken Livingstone said that these atrocities were "simply criminal mass murder".
He congratulated transport and emergency services and said that the operation yesterday had been "flawless".
The Mayor also congratulated Londoners. He said that there had been "no panic but an incredible response of stoicism and order". He thanked the people of London for their solidarity: "Londoners stood together. This says everything that is right about this city".
The Commissioner of London's Metropolitan Police, Sir Ian Blair, has announced that thirteen people died when a bomb exploded on a bus in Tavistock Square. Initially, only two people were thought to have been killed.

All bodies have now been removed from the wrecked bus. The rear of the bus and the roof of the upper deck was torn off in the blast. The bomb was either on the floor or resting on a seat at the rear of the upper deck when it detonated. It is thought that it contained less than 10 pounds (5kg) of explosives.

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