7 July 2005 London bombings
| 7 July 2005 London bombings | |
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 Emergency vehicles at Russell Square |
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| Location | London, England |
| Date | 7 July 2005, 8:50 am–9:47 am (GMT) |
| Attack type | Suicide bombings |
| Deaths | 52 |
| Injured | around 700 |
| Perpetrator(s) | Hasib Hussain Mohammad Sidique Khan Germaine Lindsay Shehzad Tanweer |
The 7 July 2005 London bombings were a series of coordinated suicide bomb attacks. They were aimed at London's public transport system during the morning rush hour. They were carried out by British Muslim extremists.
At 08:50, three bombs exploded within fifty seconds of each other on three London Underground trains. Then a fourth exploded an hour later at 09:47 on a bus in Tavistock Square. The explosions were caused by home-made bombs. The bombs were packed into rucksacks and set off by the bombers themselves.
A memorial was made in Hyde Park, London on the 7 July 2009. This had 52 stainless steel pillars, one for each murder victim. They were arranged in four clusters for the four bomb sites.[1] 52 died and over 700 were injured in the attack.[2][3]
After this attack there was a huge police reform in the UK which is ongoing. The terror threat is at 'severe' and a large number of police in London are authorised to carry firearms. London is always on high alert for terrorism and pro-actively combats it with the help of the Serious Organised Crime Agency (similar to the American FBI) and MI6.
[change] References
- ↑ Woodman, Ellis. 7/7 Memorial in London's Hyde Park , The Daily Telegraph, July 7, 2009; Tributes paid at 7 July memorial, BBC News, July 7, 2009.
- ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/uk/05/london_blasts/victims/default.stm
- ↑ http://www.emergency-management.net/london_bomb.htm
