London - Police hope London will return to normal quickly after blasts on the transport system, British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Thursday, urging the public to stay calm.
"We know why these things are done. They are done to scare people," the prime minister told a news conference. "Fortunately, in this instance, there appear to have been no casualties... We've got to react calmly."
London police chief Ian Blair said there had been one casualty, but not a fatal one, after four small explosions hit London's bus and underground train network, exactly two weeks after bombers killed more than 50 people in the capital.
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The prime minister refused to be drawn by questions on whether his foreign policy had put Londoners in the line of fire. He has consistently rejected the accusation that his backing for war in Iraq has raised the threat of terrorist attack on British soil.
'The roots of this are deep' "The roots of this are deep... the terrorist attacks go back over 10 years," he said. "The people who are responsible for terrorist attacks are the terrorists."
He urged Londoners to continue their lives as normal. "To react in any other way is to engage in the game they want us to engage in," Blair said.
"In the end, the values that we represent are the values that triumph."
Blair earlier chaired a crisis meeting of emergency officials and ministers. He said it was too early for new policies or security initiatives.
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