Saturday, July 7, 2012

Anniversary of London's 7/7 Terrorist Attacks

With all the Olympic planning, not to mention the new terrorist threats, there's virtually no remembrance of the terrorists attacks of 2005.

But see the Economist, "London bombings: Seven years since 7/7":

7/7 Attacks
SEVEN years ago London suffered one of its worst terrorist attacks when four Islamist terrorists detonated bombs in the morning rush-hour: three in quick succession on the city's underground railway network and a fourth in Tavistock Square aboard a red double-decker bus. Fifty-two people died, including the four bombers, and over 700 more were injured.

The following is an interview with a 7/7 survivor, now aged 26 and working as a PA in Notting Hill.
Continue reading.

RELATED: At London's Dail Mail in 2009, "I've just seen hell on earth: Four years after 7/7, a never before seen picture of the horror that confronted police on the Tube ripped apart by terrorists."

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