Bomber `hit bus as train cancelled'.A july 7 suicide bomber Noun 1. suicide bomber - a terrorist who blows himself up in order to kill or injure other people act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act - the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political tried to make three phone calls to his fellow terrorists just before detonating his explosives, it was reported yesterday. Hasib Hussain Hasib Mir Hussain (September 16, 1986 – July 7, 2005) was one of four terrorists who detonated bombs on three trains on the London Underground and one bus in central London during the 7 July 2005 London bombings. Hussain was the terrorist who detonated a bomb on the No. , 18, is thought to have planned to board a Northern Line Euston train, but the service was suspended. Security sources told London's Evening Standard that after the time set for the explosions, Hussain tried with "increasing panic" to call the others. But they had already set off their devices. Seconds later, he blew up the number 30 bus in Tavistock Square Tavistock Square is a square in Bloomsbury, London with a fine garden. It was developed in the 1820s by the builder Thomas Cubitt. The centre-piece of the gardens is a statue of Mahatma Gandhi, which was installed in 1968. , killing himself and 13 passengers. Investigators believe the calls prove the four had not intended to hit a bus. They are also thought to indicate there was no al-Qaida "mastermind" or network, because Hussain would have phoned them. Under this theory, the July 21 bombing attempts were a copycat strike by people under a false impression the first bombers had planned to hit three Tube trains and a bus. |
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