Today is the eighth anniversary of terrorist suicide bombings in London, which took place on July 7th, 2005. These attacks are often remembered as "7/7", in the same manner as the Al Qaeda attacks in the United States on September 11th, 2001 are remembered as "9/11". During the 7/7 attacks, four bombs were detonated, three on London Underground trains and a fourth on a double-decker bus, killing 52 civilians and the bombers themselves, and injuring over 700 others. The bombers were not known to be members of any terrorist group, but were "home-grown" terrorists who had been "radicalized". Three were the sons of immigrants from Pakistan, while the other was an immigrant from Jamaica who converted to Islam.
Read more at
Wikipedia,
BBC News, the
Guardian, the
History Channel and
Terror On The Tube.
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