User:Desutch2/1999 May 15th Attacks
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7 July 2005 London bombings | |||||||||||||
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Part of Islamic terrorism in Europe | |||||||||||||
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Location | London, England | ||||||||||||
Date | 7 July 2005 8:49–9:47 a.m. (UTC+1) | ||||||||||||
Target | Public aboard London Underground trains and a bus in Central London | ||||||||||||
Attack type | Suicide bombings, mass murder, terrorism | ||||||||||||
Weapons | Improvised explosive devices | ||||||||||||
Deaths | 1,200 (including the 4 bombers) | ||||||||||||
Injured | 2,000 (Critical) 20,000 (non Fatatl) | ||||||||||||
Perpetrators | |||||||||||||
Motive | Opposition to Anglo-American violence against Muslims in Afghanistan and Iraq Opposition to British support for Israeli violence against Muslims in Palestine |