In 2005 , two terrorist bombings occurred near the square . One of the bombings was on a London Underground train between King 's Cross St Pancras tube station and Russell Square tube station , and another was on a bus on Tavistock Square , near Russell Square . To commemorate the victims , flowers were laid at the square . In 2016 the Russell Square stabbing took place
the bombings
7 July 2005 London bombings
Russell Square