London 7/7 bombings

July 7, 2005

Four British-born suicide bombers detonated rucksacks packed with homemade peroxide explosives on three Underground trains and a double-decker bus during the morning commute, killing fifty-two passengers and injuring over seven hundred. London had won the Olympic bid the day before. Tony Blair flew back from the G8 summit in Scotland to a city stunned and defiant in equal measure.