INDEPTH: LONDON BOMBING
The suspects
CBC News Online | July 18, 2005
 Police search for clues in the Beeston district of Leeds, England, July 13, 2005, after raids and controlled explosions were carried out in the area in connection with the bombings in London. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
The head of the Metropolitan Police's anti-terrorism branch – Peter Clarke – said police focused their investigation on the movements of the four men, three of whom were from the Leeds area.
"We now know that all four of these men arrived in London by train, on the morning of Thursday, July 7. We have identified CCTV [closed circuit television] footage showing the four men at King's Cross station shortly before 8:30 a.m. on that morning, July 7," he said.
Twenty minutes later, three bombs went off within 50 seconds of each other on crowded subway trains. The fourth went off on the bus almost an hour later.
Security experts say the attacks show a level of planning and technical know-how that strongly suggests the four did not act alone, but were carrying out a carefully planned attack that involved a mastermind and a support network.
All four of the suspects appeared to have lived normal lives. Neighbours of the men have expressed shock at the possibility that they could have been involved in the attacks.
The four suspected suicide bombers are:
Shahzad Tanweer
Hasib Hussain (Photo: London Police)
Mohammed Sidique Khan
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- Twenty-two year old Shahzad Tanweer. He attended Leeds Metropolitan University, where he studied sports science and was an avid cricket player and fan. He had always lived in the Beesten area of Leeds. His family includes a younger brother and two sisters. His father owns a local fish-and-chip shop. Tanweer made a recent trip to Pakistan to study Islam and had taken part in the Hajj. In 2004, he was arrested for disorderly conduct. Tanweer detonated a bomb on a train between the Aldgate and Liverpool Street stations which killed at least seven people – including himself – and injured more than 100 others.
- Hasib Hussain, 19. Hussain lived with his family in the Leeds suburb of Holbeck all his life. He left high school in 2003, without graduating. He went to Pakistan to visit relatives. While there, he grew a beard and began to wear traditional Muslim robes. Hussain was arrested for shoplifting in 2004. On July 7, he told his parents he was going to London to visit friends. When he didn't return, his parents reported him to the police as missing. His driver's licence and cash cards were found in the wreckage of the double-decker bus, where at least 13 people died.
- Mohammed Sidique Khan, 30. Khan, born in Pakistan, was the father of an eight-month-old girl. He originally lived in the same area of Leeds as Tanweer, but moved to Dewsbury in West Yorkshire. He had been a teaching assistant at a primary school since 2002. Documents belonging to Khan were found in the debris of the Edgware Road subway blast, where at least seven people died.
- Jamaican-born Jermaine Lindsay. The 19-year-old had converted to Islam and changed his name to Jamal Lindsay. He had been attending after-school classes to improve his knowledge of Islam. He was married and had a 15-month-old child. His wife described him as a loving husband and father. She said she had no idea he could have been involved. It's believed Lindsay set off the bomb near the King's Cross tube station where at least 26 people were killed.
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