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Encyclopedia > Casualties of the 7 July 2005 London bombings
2005 London bombings
Overview Timeline
Rumours
7 July 2005
Details
Response
Memorials
Locations
Liverpool Street
to Aldgate
(Circle Line)
King's Cross
to Russell Square
(Piccadilly Line)
Edgware Road
(Circle Line)
Tavistock Square
(bus)
21 July 2005
Details
Locations
Shepherd's Bush
(H&C Line)
Warren Street
(Victoria Line)
Oval
(Northern Line)
Bethnal Green
(bus)

56 people, including the 4 bombers, were killed in the 7 July 2005 London bombings. About 700 people were injured; some 350 were treated on the scene, and 350 in hospital. 100 required overnight hospitalisation or more. 22 were seriously or critically injured[1]. The July 2005 London bombings were synchronised terrorist attacks. ... The following is a timeline of the 7 July 2005 London bombings and 21 July 2005 London bombings. ... There are many questions, rumours and theories about the July 2005 London bombings. ... July 7 is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 177 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The July 7, 2005 London bombings were a series of coordinated suicide bombings that struck Londons public transport system during the morning rush hour. ... The 7 July 2005 London bombings were a series of four terrorist bombs which exploded on the London Underground and a bus during the morning rush hour, killing more than 50 people. ... Londoners in Trafalgar Square on the evening of 14th of July Following the events of the 7 July 2005 London bombings, the United Kingdom and other nations have devised many ways to honor the dead and missing. ... Liverpool Street station in 1896. ... Trains at Aldgate tube station Entrance to Aldgate tube station Aldgate tube station is a London Underground station located at Aldgate in the City of London. ... The Circle Line of the London Underground became known as such in 1949, when it was separated from its parent lines, the Metropolitan Line and the District Line, although it had been shown on Underground maps since 1947. ... Kings Cross St Pancras tube station is the London Underground station serving both Kings Cross and St Pancras main line stations in the London Borough of Camden. ... Russell Square is a London Underground station on Bernard Street, Bloomsbury, not far from the British Museum and Russell Square Gardens. ... The Piccadilly Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured dark blue on the Tube map. ... Edgware Road, Bakerloo Line Edgware Road, Hammersmith and City Line Edgware Road tube station is the name given to two separate tube stations on London Underground. ... The Circle Line of the London Underground became known as such in 1949, when it was separated from its parent lines, the Metropolitan Line and the District Line, although it had been shown on Underground maps since 1947. ... Tavistock Square Tavistock Square is a square in Bloomsbury, London. ... July 21 is the 202nd day (203rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 163 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section needs to be updated. ... Shepherds Bush is a London Underground station. ... The Hammersmith and City Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured salmon pink on the Tube map. ... Warren Street Warren Street tube station is a London Underground station. ... The Victoria Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured light blue on the Tube map. ... Oval tube station Interior of Oval tube station Oval tube station in Kennington is a station on the Northern Line of the London Underground between Stockwell and Kennington stations. ... For other uses, see Northern Line (disambiguation). ... Bethnal Green is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, in the heart of Londons East End. ... The July 7, 2005 London bombings were a series of coordinated suicide bombings that struck Londons public transport system during the morning rush hour. ...


On July 10, 2005, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Tony Blair announced that family liaison officers had been assigned to some 74 families. July 10 is the 191st day (192nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 174 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the head of government and so exercises many of the executive functions nominally vested in the Sovereign, who is head of state. ... Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service, and MP for Sedgefield. ...


At least 90 injuries were reported from Aldgate Station. Ninety-five of the injured were taken to the Royal London Hospital where they were treated; 17 were in critical condition. Many others were treated at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington. Individuals who were wounded and walking were treated at the scene; an eyewitness reported that they were "operating on injured people on the concourse at Liverpool Street station" (see [2]). Part of the front of the Royal London Hospital The Royal London Hospital, formerly the London Hospital, is a hospital in Whitechapel, London. ... Although there must be many hospitals named St Marys Hospital, the most famous is probably located in Paddington, West London. ... Paddington is an area in the west of London in the City of Westminster. ...


Paramedics were sent down into the tube system to search for more casualties. St. John Ambulance was called out to assist the London Ambulance Service ([3]), and hospitals had to call in off-duty staff, plus doctors from as far afield as Hampshire and Oxfordshire. The ticket hall and waiting area of King's Cross station was used as a temporary hospital for the victims of the Piccadilly Line explosion. Air ambulances were used extensively to provide rapid transportation of specialist medics to the scenes of the explosions. A number of London buses were also used to transport the "walking wounded" to hospital. Typical view of the defibrillator operator. ... St. ... Hampshire (abbr. ... Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from the Latinised form Oxonia) is a county in south-east England, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and Warwickshire. ...


Many of the casualties (dead and injured) were foreign nationals, including people from Sierra Leone, Australia, South Africa, Colombia, Poland, New Zealand, Israel and China. The first fatality to be formally identified was Susan Levy, 53, of Newgate Street Village. Two Irish passport holders were also reported killed, an unidentified woman from New Zealand, and Ciaran Cassidy. There were some difficulties when medical personnel needed to communicate with non-English speakers.
Newgate Street is a village near Cuffley, in the Welwyn Hatfield district of Hertfordshire. ...


The retrieval of bodies from the Piccadilly Line tunnel was hampered by dangerous conditions, including asbestos, rats and temperatures that reached 60° Celsius (140° Fahrenheit). Because it is a single-line tunnel, there was little room for workers to pass on the outside of the train, therefore they had to work their way through the wreckage, or approach it the long way along the tunnel from Russell Square. There were initial concerns that the deep tunnel might have become unstable, although in fact there was no long-term damage to tunnels at any of the sites. Fibrous asbestos on muscovite Asbestos Asbestos Asbestos (a misapplication of Latin: asbestos quicklime from Greek ἄσβεστος: a-, not; sbestos, extinguishable) describes any of a group of fibrous metamorphic minerals of the hydrous magnesium silicate variety. ... This is an article about wild rats; for pet rats, see Fancy rat Species 50 species; see text *Several subfamilies of Muroids include animals called rats. ... A degree Celsius (°C) is a unit of temperature named after the Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius (1701-1744), who first proposed a similar system in 1742. ... Fahrenheit is a temperature scale named after the German physicist Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736), who proposed it in 1724. ...


The four bombers died in the explosions: the attacks are the first suicide bombings in the history of the UK (see[4]). A suicide bombing is an attack using a bomb in which the individual(s) carrying the explosive materials composing the bomb intend(s) and expect(s) to die upon detonation (see suicide). ...

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Fatalities

Victims of the bombing, with photographs and brief biographies: Link [5]


Liverpool Street/ Aldgate Circle line train: 7 victims and bomber

  • Lee Baisden, 34, an accountant from Romford (East London)
  • Benedetta Ciaccia, 30, a business analyst who was born in Rome and was living in Norwich. She was engaged to a muslim of Pakistani origin.
  • Richard Ellery, 21, a camera shop worker from Ipswich
  • Richard Gray, 24, a tax manager from Ipswich with a wife and two children
  • Anne Moffat, 48, marketing executive for the Girl Guides from Harlow
  • Fiona Stevenson, 29, from Danbury, Essex, of the Barbican (Central London), a criminal lawyer
  • Carrie Taylor, 24, from Billericay, Essex, who worked for the Royal Society of Arts
  • Shehzad Tanweer, 22, bomber

Romford is a town in East London, England. ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC (mythical), early 1st millennium BC (archaeological) Region Latium Area  - City Proper  1285 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,553,873 almost 4,300,000 1. ... Norwich (pronounced variously Norritch, Norridge) is a city in East Anglia, in Eastern England, and the regional administrative centre and county town of Norfolk. ... Ipswich is a Borough which is the county town of Suffolk in East Anglia, England, and a local government district on the estuary of the River Orwell. ... Ipswich is a Borough which is the county town of Suffolk in East Anglia, England, and a local government district on the estuary of the River Orwell. ... It has been suggested that Guides on the Air be merged into this article or section. ... Harlow is a local government district and new town in Essex, United Kingdom. ... Danbury is a village in Essex, England. ... A small part of the Barbican, showing flats and café area Shakespeare Tower, one of the residential towers The Barbican Estate is a housing complex in the City of London. ... Billericay is a town in the Basildon district of Essex in England. ... The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) is a British multi-disciplinary institution, based in London. ... Shehzad Tanweer The four men caught on camera at Luton train station at 07:21 BST on July 7, 2005. ...

Edgware Road tube station: 6 victims and bomber

Derby (pronounced dar-bee ) is a city in the East Midlands of England. ... Wolverton is a town now part of Milton Keynes, England. ... Location within the British Isles Mumps Bridge, Oldham Backwoods of Delph, Oldham Oldham is a large town in North West England, lying in the foothills of the Pennines on the north-eastern edge of the Greater Manchester conurbation: the town proper has a population of 103,544, including a large... Finchley is a place in the London Borough of Barnet, London, England. ... Bristol (IPA: brĭstəl) is a city, unitary authority and ceremonial county in South West England. ... The University of Reading is a university in the English town of Reading. ... Islington is an inner-city district in north London. ... Mohammad Sidique Khan at Hillside Primary School in 2002. ...

Piccadilly line train (King's Cross St Pancras / Russell Square): 26 victims and bomber

  • James Adams, 32, from Peterborough.
  • Samantha Badham, 36, from Tottenham, partner of Lee Harris (q.v.)
  • Phil Beer, 22, a hairstylist from Borehamwood, Hertfordshire
  • Anna Brandt, 42, originally from Poland, of Wood Green (North London)
  • Ciaran Cassidy, 22, a shopkeeper from Finsbury Park (North London)
  • Rachelle Lieng Siong Chung For Yuen, 27, of Mill Hill (North London), originally from Mauritius.
  • Elizabeth Daplyn, 26, a manager at University College Hospital who was living in Highgate (North London)
  • Arthur Edlin Frederick, 60, of Seven Sisters (North London)
  • Karolina Glueck, 29, an IT consultant, originally from Poland
  • Gamze Gunoral, 24, a student originally from Turkey who was living in North London
  • Lee Harris, 30, from Tottenham, partner of Samantha Badham (q.v.); died over a week later.
  • Ojara Ikeagwu, 55, social worker from Luton
  • Emily Jenkins, 24, an office worker from Richmond upon Thames (South West London)
  • Adrian Johnson, 37
  • Helen Jones, 28, an accountant of Holloway (North London). who grew up near Lockerbie, Scotland.
  • Susan Levy, 53, of the village of Newgate Street, Hertfordshire
  • Shelley Marie Mather, 26, receptionist with dual New Zealand and Irish nationality, living in London for 3 years
  • Michael Matsushita, 37, a tour guide who was born in Vietnam and grew up in The Bronx, New York City, USA
  • James Mayes, 28, of Islington (North London)
  • Behnaz Mozakka, 47, an Iranian biomedical officer from Finchley (North London)
  • Mihaela "Michelle" Otto, 37, a dental technician from Mill Hill (North London)
  • Atique Sharifi, 24
  • Ihab Slimane, 19, a waiter from Lyon, who moved to Finsbury Park (North London) a couple of months before the attacks.
  • Christian "Njoya" Small, an advertising worker from Walthamstow (East London)
  • Monika Suchocka, 23, an accountant from Archway (North London), originally from Poland
  • Mala Trivedi
  • Jamal (Germaine) Lindsay, 19, bomber

Kings Cross St. ... Russell Square is a London Underground station on Bernard Street, Bloomsbury, not far from the British Museum and Russell Square Gardens. ... Peterborough is a cathedral city and Unitary Authority in the East of England. ... Tottenham is a place in the London Borough of Haringey. ... Borehamwood is a town in southern Hertfordshire, just outside London, and part of the London commuter belt. ... Hertfordshire (pronounced Har(t)fordshire and abbreviated as Herts) is an inland county in the United Kingdom, officially part of the East of England Government region. ... Wood Green - or the Green as it is known to some of its residents - is a place in the London Borough of Haringey. ... Finsbury Park is a place in London, at the junction of the London Boroughs of Islington, Haringey and Hackney. ... Mill Hill is an area in the London Borough of Barnet. ... Categories: Stub | London hospitals ... View of Highgate, John Constable, 1st quarter of 19th century. ... Seven Sisters is a locality in London at one end of Seven Sisters Road, which runs from Tottenham to join the A1 in Islington. ... Tottenham is a place in the London Borough of Haringey. ... Luton is a town and local government district in England, located 33 miles (50km) north of central London. ... Richmond is a suburb in southwest London, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. ... Holloway may refer to: Persons: Adam Holloway (contemporary), English politician A.J. Holloway (contemporary), American politician, Mayor of Biloxi, Mississippi Brenda Holloway (1946–), American singer and songwriter Bryan R. Holloway (contemporary), American politician from North Carolina Harry Travis Holloway (1952-present)- Baptist Minister) Grace Baptist Church, Erwin, TN John Holloway... Lockerbie (Gd: Logarbaidh) is a town located in the Dumfries and Galloway region of south-western Scotland. ... Motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within Europe Scotlands location within the United Kingdom Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... Newgate Street is a village near Cuffley, in the Welwyn Hatfield district of Hertfordshire. ... Hertfordshire (pronounced Har(t)fordshire and abbreviated as Herts) is an inland county in the United Kingdom, officially part of the East of England Government region. ... The Bronx is one of the five boroughs of New York City in the United States. ... Nickname The Big Apple, The Capital of the World [1], Gotham Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area  - Total  - Land  - Water 1,214. ... Islington is an inner-city district in north London. ... Finchley is a place in the London Borough of Barnet, London, England. ... Mill Hill is an area in the London Borough of Barnet. ... Three of the main sights in Lyon, the Cathedral St-Jean, the Basilica Notre Dame de Fourvière, and the Tour métallique de Fourvière City flag City coat of arms Motto: (Franco-Provençal: Forward, forward, Lyon the best) Coordinates : , Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) Administration Subdivisions 9... Finsbury Park is a place in London, at the junction of the London Boroughs of Islington, Haringey and Hackney. ... Walthamstow is a town in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. ... Archway Bridge Archway is an area in North London in the London Borough of Islington. ... Germaine Lindsay is not to be confused with Lindsey German, a former UK parliamentary candidate for the Respect Party. ...

Tavistock Square bus: 13 victims and bomber

  • Anthony Fatayi-Williams, 26, an oil executive from Nigeria, grandson of that country's former Chief Justice
  • Jamie Gordon, 30, of Enfield (North London)
  • Giles Hart, 55, a BT engineer from Hornchurch (Essex)
  • Marie Hartley, 34, of Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire
  • Miriam Hyman, 32, picture researcher from Hampstead Garden Suburb (North West London)
  • Shahara Akhter Islam, 20, from Plaistow (East London)
  • Neetu Jain, 37, Software Developer from Hendon (North London)
  • Sam Ly, 28, originally from Melbourne (Australia); died 15 July 2005 in hospital
  • Shayanuja Parathasangary, 30, Sri Lankan-born postal worker of Kensal Rise (North London)
  • Anat Rosenberg, in her 50s, was an Israeli expatriate.
  • Philip Stuart Russell, 29, of Kennington (South London)
  • William Wise, 54
  • Gladys Wyndowa, 51, a cleaner from Chadwell Heath (East London)
  • Hasib Hussain, 18, bomber

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See also

The July 7, 2005 London bombings were a series of coordinated suicide bombings that struck Londons public transport system during the morning rush hour. ... Londoners in Trafalgar Square on the evening of 14th of July Following the events of the 7 July 2005 London bombings, the United Kingdom and other nations have devised many ways to honor the dead and missing. ...

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