Tuesday, September 10

Day: July 7, 2015

7/7 survivor: We brought London bombings on ourselves and we have not learned from them
London

7/7 survivor: We brought London bombings on ourselves and we have not learned from them

    Professor John Tulloch became a symbol of the terrorist atrocity after being photographed in bloody bandages emerging from Edgeware Road tube station One of the survivors of the 7/7 bombings who became a symbol of the atrocity of the terrorist attack has claimed the UK government brought the attack on itself. Professor John Tulloch, was photographed in bloody bandages emerging from Edgeware Road tube station, on the day 52 people were killed and 700 injured. A decade after he sat feet away from bomber Mohammed Sidique Khan when he detonated his rucksack bomb on a Circle Line train, the academic says he still feels lucky to have survived when people around him lost their lives or limbs. Horror: John exits Edgware Road station following the devestating attack But Prof ...
7/7 Victims Remembered At Memorial Service
London

7/7 Victims Remembered At Memorial Service

    July 7, 2015 marks the tenth anniversary of the London bombings, which killed 52 people and injured more than 700. Three explosions targeted the Underground and a bus service during the morning rush-hour. Memorial services are being held to commemorate those who lost their lives, and a minute’s silence will be observed throughout the country at 11:30 am BST. People embrace outside Edgware Road tube station, London, as Britain remembers the July 7 attacks amid a welter of warnings about the enduring and changing threat from terrorism a decade on. London Mayor Boris Johnson (toward camera) and British Prime Minister David Cameron place wreathes at the July 7 memorial in Hyde Park, London, as Britain remembers the July 7 attacks. London Mayor Boris Johnson (left) and Br...