London tube bombings:

-The 7 July 2005 London

bombings (often referred to as 7/7)
were a series of co-ordinated suicide
attacks in London which targeted
civilians using the public transport
system during the morning rush
hour.
On the morning of Thursday, 7 July
2005, four islamist home grown
terrorists detonated four bombs,
three in quick succession aboard
London Underground trains across
the city and, later, a fourth on a
double-decker bus in Tavistok
square. Fifty-two civilians and the
four bombers were killed in the
attacks, and over 700 more were
injured. The attack happened the
day after the city was selected to
host the 2012 summer olympics.
The explosions were caused by
homemade organic peroxide-based

devices packed into rushsacks. The

bombings were followed exactly two
weeks later by a series of attempted
attacks.
-The three bombs on the London
Underground in Thursday's terrorist
attack exploded almost
simultaneously. They blasts
happened within 50 seconds of each
other, at about 8.50am. The first
explosion happened at AldgateLiverpool Street, followed by the
blasts at Edgware Road and Russell
Square. A fourth bomb, on the
number 30 bus at Tavistock Square,
exploded at 9.47am. Police had
previously thought that there had
been 26 minutes between the first
and third explosions.