It’s is easy to think that America has been the only victim of
terrorist attacks but on 7 July 2007, four suicide bombers set off 4
bombs and 52 people killed and over 700 injured in central London.
This
was the deadliest terrorist attack in the United Kingdom since the
Lockerbie bombings and deadliest bombing since WWII. It also killed more
people than any single attack by the IRA.
One bomb
went off on the underground (tube) just as it left the Liverpool Street
station near the Monument to the Great Fire 1666. Another at Edgeware
Road Station near Madame Tussauds and one that was between King’s Cross
and Russell Square. The final bomb went off on a double decker bus in
Tavistock Square, near King’s Cross.
Two weeks later on
21 July 2005, a second series of bombings took part on the London
underground. However, none of the main detonators went off so luckily no
one was killed. All of the failed suicide bombers escaped but were
later arrested.
Although it was not on the same level
of devastation, the British have also been targets for terrorism. They
are also fighting alongside our troops. Please take a moment today in
memory of all innocent victims of terrorism.
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