9:29am UK, Monday July 11, 2005

Police say they have received a fantastic response to a public appeal for any photographs, video footage or mobile phone images taken in the aftermath of the London bombings.

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A mobile phone image taken after one of the blasts

And they say 1,700 people have called the anti-terrorist hotline since the attacks.

Deputy Assistant Commissioner Brian Paddick urged anyone with pictures from the scenes of the attacks to e-mail the images to Scotland Yard at: imagesatmet.police.uk.

He said: "We believe these images may contain vital information to assist us in the investigation."

Mr Paddick said it was important people also supplied their name and contact number.

He said all information would be dealt with in the strictest confidence.

Mr Paddick also revealed there had been a number of hate crimes following last week's bombings.

"There have been a number of incidents of hate crimes racially or religiously motivated offences and we do take this very, very seriously," he said.

"Thankfully none of these has been the cause of too much damage, although there was a report of a serious injury from one of these incidents."

He gave no other details of the nature of the attacks.