The 7 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 . On the morning of Thursday , 7 July 2005 , four Islamist extremists separately detonated three bombs in quick succession aboard London Underground trains across the city and , later , a fourth on a double-decker bus in Tavistock Square . Fifty-two civilians were killed and over 700 more were injured in the attacks . Later a dozen unexploded bombs were found in a car located in North London . 3 out of the 4 suspects were identified Mohammed Silique Khan , Germaine Morris Lindsay , Shahzad Tawnier where they are found to be in cohorts with Osama Bin Laden and eventually documents are leaked showing that Osama bin laden and Rashid Ruff planned the London bombings
7 July 2005 London bombings
7 July 2005 London bombings
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