7 July 2005 London bombings

The 7 July 2005 London bombings , also known as 7/7 , were a series of coordinated suicide attacks on London's public transport system during the morning rush hour. The bombings were carried out by four Muslim men, three of British Pakistani and one of British Jamaican descent, who were motivated by Britain's involvement in the Iraq War . At 08:50, three bombs exploded within fifty seconds of each other on three London Underground trains, a fourth exploding an hour later at 09:47 on a double-decker bus in Tavistock Square . The explosions appear to have been caused by home-made organic peroxide -based devices, packed into rucksacks and detonated by the bombers themselves, all four of whom died. 52 other people were killed and around 700 were injured.

The 7 July 2005 London bombings (often referred to as 7/7 ) were a series of coordinated suicide bomb attacks in central London , which targeted civilians using the public transport system during the morning rush hour. On the morning of Thursday, 7 July 2005, four Islamist men detonated four bombs—three in quick succession aboard London Underground trains across the city and, later, a fourth on a double-decker bus in Tavistock Square . As well as the four bombers, 52 civilians were killed and over 700 more were injured in the attacks, the United Kingdom's worst terrorist incident since the 1988 Lockerbie bombing as well as the country's first ever suicide attack. The explosions were caused by homemade organic peroxide -based devices packed into backpacks . The bombings were followed two weeks later by a series of attempted attacks that failed to cause injury or damage. The 7 July attacks occurred the day after London had won its bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games , which had highlighted the city's multicultural reputation.

Attacks on the London public transport system on 7 July 2005 "7/7" and "2005 London bombings" redirect here. Four terrorists separately detonated three homemade bombs in quick succession aboard London Underground trains across the city and, later, a fourth 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 . Apart from the bombers, 52 UK residents of 18 different nationalities were killed and more than 700 were injured in the attacks, making it Britain's deadliest terrorist incident since the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 near Lockerbie , Scotland, and England's deadliest since World War II , as well as the country's first Islamist suicide attack. The explosions were caused by triacetone triperoxide IEDs packed into backpacks . The bombings were followed two weeks later by a series of attempted attacks that failed to cause injury or damage.

Islamist suicide terrorist attacks in London "7/7" and "2005 London bombings" redirect here. ( 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 co-ordinated 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 . 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. The explosions were caused by improvised explosive devices made from concentrated hydrogen peroxide and pepper, packed into backpacks.