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July 7th 2005 London Bombings

London bombers: Key facts

BBC | 15th July 05 | original url: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4676861.stm

• Three of the four bombers were British nationals of Pakistani descent from West Yorkshire. They were: Hasib Hussain, 18, Shehzad Tanweer, 22, and Mohammad Sidique Khan, 30
• Hussain was the Tavistock Square bomber and Tanweer was responsible for the Aldgate attack. Khan is thought to be the Edgware Road bomber, although forensic tests continue
• Police sources indicated the Russell Square bomber was almost certainly Jamaican-born Lindsey Germaine, who lived in Buckinghamshire
• Police are now hunting those who supported, financed, encouraged and armed them
• A suspected al-Qaeda member entered the UK via a Channel port two weeks before the bombings, but was not put under surveillance. He flew out a couple of hours before the bombs went off
• A man wanted in connection with the inquiry, an Egyptian chemistry student called Magdi El-Nashar, has been detained in Cairo. He had been linked to one of the addresses searched in Leeds
• Explosives found in a house in Leeds are said to be similar to those used in al-Qaeda attacks and made from ingredients available in high-street chemists
• Met Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair said he expected the investigation to uncover a "clear al-Qaeda link"

  EVENTS IN LONDON

• The four men were captured on CCTV at King's Cross station, wearing rucksacks, shortly before 0830 BST on the morning of the attacks
• The men had travelled to King's Cross on a Thameslink train from Luton
• At King's Cross, they split up, three of them detonating their bombs on separate trains simultaneously at 0850 BST
• Hussain's bomb went off 57 minutes later, at Tavistock Square. CCTV footage of him has been released in an attempt to find out what he was doing during that time
• Police sources have told the BBC they had not recovered any timing devices from the bomb scenes, possibly indicating that detonation was by hand
• Hussain had been reported missing by his family and personal belongings of some of the group were found at the bomb scenes
• Counter-terrorism officials believe the group of four would have had an outside "controlling hand" who could still be at large
• More than 1,500 calls have been made by the public to an anti-terrorist hotline. Police have studied 2,500 CCTV tapes

  1 The four men arrive at King's Cross Thameslink station from Luton. They go to the tube station and fan out on different lines 2 Shehzad Tanweer takes the Circle line eastbound. Bomb explodes between Liverpool St and Aldgate 3 A fourth suspect, believed to be Lindsey Germaine, takes the Piccadilly line south. The train blows up before the first stop at Russell Square 4 Mohammad Sidique Khan takes the Circle line westbound. Bomb explodes at Edgware Rd 5 Hasib Hussain may have tried the Northern line but he ends up on the No. 30 bus. Bomb explodes at Tavistock Square

  LEEDS INQUIRY

• One man has been arrested in West Yorkshire and is being questioned in London. He is believed to be related to one of the suspected bombers
• Police have searched the homes of three of the four suspects in West Yorkshire
• A number of search warrants were executed in the Leeds area on Tuesday. A controlled explosion was carried out in the Burley area

• Police evacuated a number of homes in areas being searched
• Home made explosives have been found

  LUTON AND AYLESBURY INQUIRIES

• Forensic experts are examining a property in Aylesbury, Bucks. No arrests have been made and no explosives found

• It is thought the cars were hired by the suspects in West Yorkshire before being driven to Luton

• Two cars in Luton, one of which had explosives in it, are connected to the inquiry. Police spent 14 hours dealing with explosive devices found in one car at Luton Central railway station
• The other car was towed to nearby Leighton Buzzard

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