7/7 London bombing remembered

Twenty years ago, at the end of a July morning rush hour, London was rocked by the worst single terrorist attack on British soil. More than 50 people lost their lives, with hundreds more left injured


Jul 7, 2005. 04:00 local time: Three bombers – ringleader Mohammad Sidique Khan, Shehzad Tanweer and Hasib Hussain – leave Leeds in rented car

06:51-07:24: Trio meet fourth accomplice, Germaine Lindsay, at Luton before heading to London by train

08:23: Bombers arrive at King’s Cross station and split up, boarding east- and westbound Tube trains. Twenty minutes later, simultaneous explosions strike carriages

Khan detonates device on Circle Line train between Edgware Road and Paddington. 6 killed, +160 injured

Tanweer detonates bomb on Circle Line train between Liverpool Street and Aldgate. 7 killed, +170 injured

Lindsay detonates device on Piccadilly Line train between King’s Cross and Russell Square. 26 killed, +340 injured

09:47: Hussain detonates bomb on double-decker bus in Tavistock Square. 13 killed, +100 injured

LONDON
Liverpool Street
Edgware Road
Paddington
Aldgate
King’s Cross
Russell Square

Circle Line
Piccadilly Line
Hyde Park
Regents Park
River Thames
UK
London
Leeds
Luton
1km
0.6 miles

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7/7 bombing, perpetrated by “ordinary British citizens” using cheap, easily obtainable materials, triggered major shift in UK counterterrorism policy towards addressing domestic threats

Sources: BBC, Encyclopedia Britannica
Pictures: Getty Images
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