(European Conservative) Monday, July 7th, is the 20th anniversary of the 7/7 terror attacks which killed 52 Londoners and injured almost 800 more. A gang of Islamist suicide bombers from Leeds, West Yorkshire, arrived in the capital and targeted public transport.
Three London underground trains were hit; a fourth bomber, Hasib Hussain, detonated his bomb on a bus, killing 13 passengers in Tavistock Square.
King Charles, PM Keir Starmer, and home secretary Yvette Cooper have all issued official messages on the 20-year anniversary. Whereas the king emphasised his solidarity with the victims — his “heartfelt thoughts and special prayers remain with all those whose lives were forever changed on that terrible summer’s day” — government messaging was predictable in that it avoided confronting the Islamist motivation for the violence.
