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7 July 2005 London bombings

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7 July 2005 London bombings

The 7 July 2005 London bombings, sometimes referred to informally as 7/7, were a series of four coordinated suicide attacks carried out by Islamist terrorists that targeted commuters travelling on London's public transport during the morning rush hour. Three terrorists separately detonated three homemade bombs in quick succession aboard London Underground trains in Inner London. Later, a fourth terrorist detonated another bomb on a double-decker bus in Tavistock Square. The train bombings occurred on the Circle Line near Aldgate and at Edgware Road and on the Piccadilly Line near Russell Square. All four explosions were caused by improvised explosive devices made from concentrated hydrogen peroxide and pepper, packed into backpacks. Apart from the bombers, 52 people of 18 different nationalities were killed and nearly 800 were injured in the attacks. It was the UK's deadliest terrorist incident since the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 near Lockerbie and the UK's first Islamist suicide attack.

Infobox

Location
London, England Liverpool Street Station/Aldgate Edgware Road King's Cross St Pancras/Russell Square Tavistock Square
Date
7 July 2005; 20 years ago (2005-07-07) 8:49–9:47 a.m. (UTC 1)
Target
Public aboard London Underground trains and a bus in Central London
Attack type
Suicide bombings, mass murder, terrorism
Weapons
Improvised explosive devices
Deaths
56 (including the four bombers)
Injured
784
Perpetrators
mw- Shehzad Tanweer Mohammad Sidique Khan Germaine Lindsay Hasib Hussain
Motive
Islamic extremism

Tables

· Investigation › Initial findings
Aldgate
Aldgate
Numbers of fatalities
Aldgate
Numbers of fatalities
7
Edgware Road
Edgware Road
Numbers of fatalities
Edgware Road
Numbers of fatalities
6
King's Cross
King's Cross
Numbers of fatalities
King's Cross
Numbers of fatalities
26
Tavistock Square
Tavistock Square
Numbers of fatalities
Tavistock Square
Numbers of fatalities
13
Total of victims killed
Total of victims killed
Numbers of fatalities
Total of victims killed
Numbers of fatalities
52
Suicide bombers
Suicide bombers
Numbers of fatalities
Suicide bombers
Numbers of fatalities
4
Total fatalities
Total fatalities
Numbers of fatalities
Total fatalities
Numbers of fatalities
56
Numbers of fatalities
Aldgate
7
Edgware Road
6
King's Cross
26
Tavistock Square
13
Total of victims killed
52
Suicide bombers
4
Total fatalities
56

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