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In Pictures: The 12th Anniversary of the London Bombings

In 2005 coordinated blasts shook London’s transport system, memorial services were held across London city.

Abhishek Narendra Singh Jadav
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Fifty-two people lost their lives, and hundreds more were injured in coordinated terrorist attacks on the London transport network on 7 July 2005.

Britons marked the 12th anniversary of suicide bomb attacks on London’s transit system on Tuesday, as Prime Minister David Cameron said the recent slaying of 30 British tourists in Tunisia was a reminder that terror threats remain real and deadly.

In 2005 coordinated blasts shook London’s transport system, memorial services were held across London city.
Floral wreaths lie beside a plaque bearing the names of victims at the 7/7 memorial, on the 12th anniversary of the attacks, in Hyde Park, London. (Photo: AP)
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The 7/7 London Bombings came four years after the 9/11 attacks in the United States. The immediate aftermath of the attack resulted in the installation of thousands of CCTV cameras in London.

What 7/7 did was it made people realise that the threat was internal as well as external.
– David Anderson, Britain’s official reviewer of terrorism legislation

In 2005 coordinated blasts shook London’s transport system, memorial services were held across London city.
Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron (R) and London Mayor Boris Johnson walk through the 7/7 memorial to lay wreaths in Hyde Park, London. (Photo: AP)
In 2005 coordinated blasts shook London’s transport system, memorial services were held across London city.
In this Nov. 28, 2006, file photo, a wall of video monitors shows live images from CCTV cameras installed in central London, at a hidden underground bunker. (Photo: AP)
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Four home-grown suicide bombers were involved in the attack targeting London’s commuters.

Let no one be in any doubt. The rules of the game are changing.
– Tony Blair, former British Prime Minister

In 2005 coordinated blasts shook London’s transport system, memorial services were held across London city.
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair attends a service in St Paul’s Cathedral to commemorate the 12th anniversary of the London Bombings. (Photo: AP)
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In 2005 coordinated blasts shook London’s transport system, memorial services were held across London city.
Floral wreaths, including one with a message laid by British Prime Minister David Cameron, lie beside a plaque bearing the names of victims at the 7/7 memorial in Hyde Park, London (Photo: AP)
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In 2005 coordinated blasts shook London’s transport system, memorial services were held across London city.
People stand together just before the start of a nationwide minute’s silence on the 10 year anniversary of the 7/7 London attacks, at the location of where a suicide bomber blew himself up.(Photo: AP)
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In 2005 coordinated blasts shook London’s transport system, memorial services were held across London city.
Police officers line up to observe a minute’s silence at Wimbledon, London (Photo: AP)
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In 2005 coordinated blasts shook London’s transport system, memorial services were held across London city.
Poppy petals lie on the floor during a service in St Paul’s Cathedral to commemorate the 12th anniversary of the London Bombings. (Photo: AP)
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In 2005 coordinated blasts shook London’s transport system, memorial services were held across London city.
Floral tributes lie around a memorial plaque after a nationwide minute’s silence was observed on the 10 year anniversary of the 7/7 London attacks which killed 52 people. (Photo: AP)
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In 2005 coordinated blasts shook London’s transport system, memorial services were held across London city.
Floral wreaths are arranged beside a plaque bearing the names of victims at the 7/7 memorial, on the 12th anniversary of the attacks, in Hyde Park, London. (Photo: AP)
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In 2005 coordinated blasts shook London’s transport system, memorial services were held across London city.
George Psaradakis, centre, the driver of the number 30 bus which was blown up in Tavistock Square, on July 7, 2005, looks at floral tributes left close to the scene of the bombings in London. (Photo: AP)
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In 2005 coordinated blasts shook London’s transport system, memorial services were held across London city.
Spectators stand on Murray Mount to observe a minute’s silence for the victims of the 7/7 bombings, at the Wimbledon, Championships, London.(Photo: AP)
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In 2005 coordinated blasts shook London’s transport system, memorial services were held across London city.
Fire Brigade Watch Manager Stavros Marangos, who was dispatched to the scene of the bus explosion in the 2005 London bombings, stands beside a plaque in memory of those killed on Tavistock Square. (Photo: AP)
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In 2005 coordinated blasts shook London’s transport system, memorial services were held across London city.
A candle bearing the name of Edgware Road is put in place as candles with names of the bombed places are mounted during a service in St Paul’s Cathedral to commemorate the 12th anniversary of the London Bombings. (Photo: AP)

(This article is being republished from The Quint’s archives on the occasion of the 12th anniversary of London bombings. It was first published on 7 July 2015.)

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