Double-decker bus bombed at Tavistock Square
Suicide AttackPart of 7-7 London transit bombings
| Event Details | |||
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 | Primary Organization | 7-7 London transit bombers | |
 | Other Organization | Al-Qaeda | |
| Means of Attack | Backpack Bomb | |
| Target | No. 30 double-decker bus | |
| Location | Tavistock Square, London, United Kingdom | |
| Time | 0947 local, July 7, 2005 | |
| Victim Deaths | 131 | ||
| Victim Injuries | 1101 | ||
| Attacker Deaths | 11 | ||
| Participants | Hasib Hussein (Suicide Bomber) 1 | |
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| Narrative and Notes | |||
| Reliable | The bomb detonated on the top deck of the bus. It is unclear why Hussain, unlike his three fellow bombers, bombed a bus instead of a train, and why his attack took place an hour after the first three bombings.1 | |
| Possible | It has been speculated he tried to detonate his bomb but it didn't go off, prompting him to go to a store and buy a 9-volt battery and switch to a bus because of delays on the subways after the first three bombings.1 | |
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| Sources | |||
| 1"Report of the Official Account of the the Bombings in London on 7th July 2005." U.K. House of Commons report, May 11, 2006. | |||
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