"7/7" and "2005 London bombings" redirect here. For the calendar date, see 7 July. For the bombings that happened two weeks later, see 21 July 2005 London bombings.
7 July 2005 London bombings
Part of Islamic terrorism in Europe
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Location
London, England
Date
7 July 2005; 18 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 4 bombers)
Injured
784
Perpetrators
Hasib Hussain
Mohammad Sidique Khan
Germaine Lindsay
Shehzad Tanweer
Motive
Islamic Extremism
The 7 July 2005 London bombings, also referred to 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.[1] The train bombings occurred on the Circle line near Aldgate and at Edgware Road, and on the Piccadilly line near Russell Square.
Apart from the bombers, 52 UK residents of 18 different nationalities were killed and more than 700 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.
The explosions were caused by improvised explosive devices made from concentrated hydrogen peroxide and pepper, packed into backpacks. The bombings were followed two weeks later by a series of attempted attacks that failed to cause injury or damage.
^"7/7 Anniversary: UK's Risk of Terror Attack Higher Now than Days of London Bombings". Yorkshire Post. 4 July 2015. Archived from the original on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
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