Subject Research- London Bombings.

Subject Research - London Bombings.

On the 7th July 2005, 4 suicide bombers attacked Central London, killing 52 people and injuring more than 770.
The locations were struck as the morning rush hour drew to a close at around 08:50. Three bombs went off on underground trains just outside Liverpool Street and Edgware Road stations, and another travelling between Kings Cross and Russell Square.
There was then another explosion around an hour later which was on a double decker bus in Tavistock Square, not far from Kings Cross Station. 

The Bombers:

Mohammad Sidique Khan,
30, Edgware Road bomber.

• The oldest of the bombers and is thought to have taken the lead role.
• Raised in Beeston, Leeds.
• His bomb, detonated on a westbound Circle Line train, killed seven people.

Shehzad Tanweer,
 22, Aldgate bomber.

• Lived most of his life in the Beeston area of Leeds.
• Tanweer detonated his bomb on the eastbound Circle line, killing seven others.

Germaine Lindsay,
19, Russell Square bomber.

• Spent his childhood in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, not far from the other bombers' homes.
• He converted to Islam in 2000 and started to associate with troublemakers.
• Lindsay carried out the most deadly of the bombings, killing 26 on the Piccadilly line train.

Hasib Mir Hussain,
18, Tavistock Square bomber

•  Grew up in Holbeck, on the outskirts of Leeds.
•  He was the bus bomber who claimed 13 lives.

Hussain, Tanweer and Khan travelled from their homes in West Yorkshire to Luton in a hired car. In Luton they then met the fourth bomber (Lindsay) and then they got on a train to Kings Cross, once they got there, they dispersed and went to different locations to where the bombs exploded (Edgware Road, Russell Square, Tavistock Square & Liverpool Street). 

To build the bombs, the group rented a flat at 18 Alexandra Grove in the Hyde Park area of Leeds - a student area where they were unlikely to be recognised but equally would not have stood out. The bombs were constructed using materials which were readily available and which required "little expertise" to turn into the explosive devices.
It is thought that each device consisted of 2-5kg of explosive and that the group used details from the internet and also had advice from someone with experience.

It quickly emerged that two of the bombers, Mohammad Sidique Khan and Shehzad Tanweer, had spent several months in Pakistan.The official investigation says it is likely that they had some contact with al-Qaeda figures and may have received training.

21st July 2005.

On the 21st of July 2005, exactly 2 weeks after the 7th, another 4 attacks were attempted. Each of these were again attempted on 3 underground trains and 1 bus but they all failed to explode because it was the wrong chemical recipe. 

Three of the suspected bombers began their journey at Stockwell underground station. Failed devices were found on trains at Oval and Warren Street stations and on a bus in Hackney.

The fourth suspect entered the underground system at Westbourne Grove. A device was found on the Hammersmith and City line not far away at Shepherd's Bush.

A fifth device was found in a rucksack abandoned in bushes at Little Wormwood Scrubs two days after the failed attacks.

Yassin Hassan Omar,

24, New Southgate.

Attempted murder of passengers on the Transport for London system

Conspiracy with others unknown to murder passengers on the Transport for London system

Possession of explosives with intent to endanger life or cause serious injury to property

Conspiracy with others unknown to cause explosions of a nature likely to endanger life or cause serious injury to property.

He was arrested in Birmingham on 27 July, the first of the five suspects to be held.

Mr Omar is accused of the failed attack on the Victoria Line between Oxford Circus and Warren Street.

Ibrahim Muktar Said,
27, New Southgate.

Attempted murder of passengers on the Transport for London system

Conspiracy with others unknown to murder passengers on the Transport for London system

Possession of explosives with intent to endanger life or cause serious injury to property

Conspiracy with others unknown to cause explosions of a nature likely to endanger life or cause serious injury to property.

Accused of trying to set off a bomb on a number 26 bus in Hackney.

Mr Said was arrested in west London on 29 July, eight days after the attempted bombings.

Ramzi Mohamed, 23.

Attempted murder of passengers on the Transport for London system

Conspiracy with others unknown to murder passengers on the Transport for London system

Possession of explosives with intent to endanger life or cause serious injury to property

Conspiracy with others unknown to cause explosions of a nature likely to endanger life or cause serious injury to property.

Was arrested in west London on 29 July along with Ibrahim Muktar Said. 

He is suspected of attempting to bomb the Tube near Oval station.

Hussain Osman, 27.

Attempted murder of passengers on the Transport for London system

Conspiracy with others to murder passengers on the Transport for London system

Possession of explosives with intent to endanger life or cause serious injury to property

Conspiracy with others to cause explosions of a nature likely to endanger life or cause serious injury to property.
 

He is suspected of trying to bomb a Hammersmith and City Line train at Shepherd's Bush.

He was arrested in Rome on 29 July, subject to extradition proceedings                                                        and flown to London. 

Manfo Kwaku Asiedu, 32.

Conspiracy with others unknown to murder passengers on the Transport for London system

Conspiracy with others unknown to cause explosions of a nature likely to endanger life or cause serious injury to property.Manfo Kwaku Asiedu of Finsbury Park, north London, has been charged over the discovery of an unexploded device found at Little Wormwood Scrubs park in west London.