Summary

Names of 7/7 London bombing victims read aloud

Live Reporting

Edited by Tim Stokes and Johanna Chisholm, with reporting from Gem O'Reilly, Nora Fakim, Harry Low, Karl Mercer, Susana Mendonça and Anna O'Neill at locations across central London

  1. What happened during the attack?

    Composite image featuring photos of Mohammad Sidique Khan, Shehzad Tanweer, Germaine Lindsay and Hasib HussainAFP/Getty Images/Ross Barry/PA Media

    The bombings were carried out by Mohammad Sidique Khan, 30, Shehzad Tanweer, 22, Germaine Lindsay, 19, and Hasib Hussain, 18.

    On the morning of the attack Khan, Tanweer and Hussain left Leeds at 04:00 and travelled in a rented car to Luton where they met Lindsay.

    The group then boarded a train to the capital where they carried out the bombings.

    Khan, Tanweer and Lindsay detonated their devices just before 08:50 on three Underground trains which had left King's Cross.

    Hussain detonated his on a bus in Tavistock Square at 09:47.

    In total, 52 people were killed in the blasts, while more than 700 people were injured.

    You can watch a video montage of what happened that day here.

  2. Who were the 52 victims?

    Composite image featuring photos of 18 of the victims of the attackVarious

    Fifty-two people died after devices exploded on three separate London Underground trains that had departed King's Cross and a double-decker bus.

    On the Tube network, six people were killed at Edgware Road on a westbound Circle line train, seven died on an eastbound Circle line train between Liverpool Street and Aldgate and 26 lost their lives on a Piccadilly line train between King's Cross and Russell Square. The three bombers detonated their devices just before 08:50.

    Just under an hour later 13 people were killed in an attack on a double-decker bus in Tavistock Square, near to King's Cross.

    Those who died came from various walks of life. You can read more about each of them here.

  3. Victims of 7/7 London bombings to be remembered

    Composite image showing four photos of a injured man wearing a suit, a destroyed double-decker bus, a woman covered in suit and dust and a wrecked Tube carriagePA Media

    On 7July 2005, 52 people were killed and hundreds more injured when four men detonated bombs on three Tube trains and a double-decker bus in central London.

    Twenty years on, the victims of the attack will be remembered during a number of services and gatherings across central London.

    We will be bringing you coverage from the various events throughout the day, as well as reflecting on what happened that day and what has changed since.