Ten years ago, four suicide bombers with rucksacks full of explosives attacked central London, killing 52 people and injuring hundreds more. Three of the bombs exploded simultaneously, in three different London Underground trains. One hour later, another bomb was detonated, but this time on top of a double-decker bus. The bombings left three different London underground trains in ruins. This was the worst single terrorist atrocity on British soil. The seventh of July 2005 London bombings (often referred to as 7/7), were a series of coordinated suicide bomb attacks in central London, which targeted civilians using the public transport system during the morning rush hour at 8.50am. It was an early Thursday morning when four terrorists separately detonated three bombs in quick succession aboard London Underground trains across the city. Around an hour later at 9.50am a fourth on a double-decker bus in Tavistock Square near Kings Cross. The bombs were homemade and organic peroxide-based devices packed into backpacks that caused the explosions. One was detonated just outside Liverpool Street station, the other outside Edgware Road, the third between Kings Cross and Russell Square and the last caused by a similar device to the ones used on the underground on top of a double-decker bus. …show more content…
30 year old Mohammad Siddique Khan, 24 year old Shehzad Tanweer, Hasib Hussain and Germaine Lindsay. The bus bomber Hasib Hussain was only 18 years, while the last member was 19-year-old Germaine Lindsay. Following the events of 7/7 all four bombers were found to be British citizens said to be leading normal everyday lives, including Khan who was a respected teaching assistant in his native Beeston, Leeds. Khan, Tanweer and Hussain were all of Pakistani descent and Jamaican-born Briton Germaine Lindsay of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, was a convert to
The World Trade Center bombing triggered a response from the American government, but that response did not do enough to prevent future attacks against American targets. On February 26, 1993, at 18 minutes past noon, an explosion ripped through the underground parking garage of the Trade Center complex. The bombers rented a van, filled it with explosives and gasoline, and set the fuse,...
The Oklahoma City Bombing was a domestic terrorist bomb attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City in April 19, 1995. It was led by Timothy McVeigh, an Army veteran of the Persian Gulf War. The explosive was a homemade bomb which was built by McVeigh and the help of Terry Nichols; the bomb consisted of a deadly cocktail and was put inside a rented Ryder truck in front of the Murrah Federal Building. McVeigh then proceeded out of the truck and headed towards his getaway car a few blocks away. He then started the detonation of the timed bomb at exactly 9:02 A.M. then the bomb exploded.
On June 23, 1985, a bomb was planted on Air India Flight 182 that exploded and killed the 329 passengers and crew while airborne (Commission of Inquiry into the Investigation of the Bombing of Air India Flight 182: Final report, 2010). A second bomb at Tokyo’s Narita Airport killed two baggage handlers that were unloading luggage from a Canadian Pacific Airlines flight, the baggage was also prepared to be on the Air India flight. Sikh terrorists were responsible for planting the two bombs. In total 331 people were killed (CIIBAIF 182, 2010).
The United States, land of the free and the home of the brave, has been through many historical shootings and bombings, Events like the Boston Marathon bombing is a great example of a horrific event that happened to the American soil. The Boston Marathon bombing was a terrorist attack that killed 3 innocent civilians and estimated an amount of 264 other innocent civilians were injured. The Boston Marathon occurred on Patriot's Day, the third Monday of April. The Boston Marathon is an annual marathon hosted by several cities in greater Boston in eastern Massachusetts, United States(Wikipedia). The Marathon is always held on Patriots’ Day. Also, it is the world’s oldest annual marathon. Amateur and professional runners from all around the world,
Authorities had gone to a suspected al Qaeda hideout, a house in a poor section of Sana'a's downtown, and a firefight ensued. The suspect jumped into a taxi, and as authorities tried to stop the vehicle, the man pulled out a grenade and was apparently trying to throw it when it exploded in his hand, sources said.
On the morning of September 11/2001, 19 terrorist working for the Al Qaeda terrorist organization hijacked four commercial planes. They attempted to fly them into multiple U.S targets. One of the planes, American Airlines, flight 11, crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center at 8:50 a.m. Another plane, United Airlines, flight 175, crashed into the south tower at 9:04 a.m. These tragedies took the lives of nearly 3000 people and affected the lives of millions.
The backpacks they carried contained pressure cooker bombs, a favorite of Islamic extremist (Nova, 2013). These pressure cooker bombs are inexpensive and relatively easy to make using tightly packed gun powder, shrapnel and an ignition device. These devices are commonly detonated using a cell phone, and video footage shows Dzhokhar using his cell phone just 30 seconds before the first device detonates (Nova, 2013). Many of the injured had BBs and other miscellaneous shrapnel indicating to investigators what was used in making the bomb. They had prepare...
In his book Death in the Haymarket, James Green recounted the American labor movement in the late 1800s. Green’s main focus in his book was the bombing of Haymarket, which occurred on May 4 of 1886. Beginning as a peaceful protest promoting the eight-hour work day, a bomb was thrown causing devastating consequences. The Haymarket bombing almost ended the labor movement altogether, with unjustified trials and fear implemented amongst all Americans. However, it is important to know that the Haymarket bombing is not just an isolated event. From starting out with wage cuts, to people going on strike, labor unions starting up, to almost losing the labor movement altogether. The Haymarket bombing
The two victims said that they were not involved in terrorist groups, but during the investigation they had visited some Al- Qaeda websites to plan out the bombing. Al- Qaeda is an Islamist group that was found by Osama bin Laden in the 1980s. Al- Qaeda is the same group that did the terroist attacks on September 11, 2001. Al- Qaeda means "the base". In 2010, the Al- Qaeda's magazine had a step by step to make a pressure cooker bomb. The brothers were planning to do some of the same acts in New York City.
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...e the house and were being monitored by Arabic-speaking translators. The house was identified as a base for suicide bombers and had indeed had the presence of 3 suicide bombers that had home-made explosives strapped to their chests (Elite UK Forces).
According to the Spanish Newspaper “El Mundo”, the sequence of events are as follows: at Atocha station one explosion occurred at 07:37 and two more at 07:38; at El Pozo del Tío Station two explosions occurred at 07:38; at Santa Eugenia St...
In the article “Terrorized by War on Terror” by Zbigniew Brzezinski, is about the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. They hijacked four airplanes in mid-flight. The terrorists flew two of the planes into two the World Trade Center in New York City. The crash caused the buildings to catch fire and collapse causing the whole city to fill up with smoke and ash. Another plane destroyed part of the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. The fourth plane cr...
The Telegraph. (2005). July 7 inquiry: timeline of the 7/7 terror attacks - Telegraph. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/8055112/July-7-inquiry-timeline-of-the-77-terror-attacks.html. [Accessed 01 March 2014].
On July 7th, 2005, London suffered an attack by Al Qaeda. The attack was the worst attack since World War II that they have experienced. Four bombs exploded in three different subway stations, and another exploded in a double-decker bus. The bombing killed fifty two people and injured more than seven hundred people. Al Qaeda then said that the attacks were rebellion and revenge for Britain’s involvement with the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.