Key moments of 7/7 London bombings anniversary events

LONDON – It’s been a decade since Esther Hyman’s sister, Miriam, was killed when four suicide bombers unleashed carnage on this city’s public transportation system in the worst terrorist attack on British soil.

Earlier David Cameron tweeted: At 11.30am today, the country comes together to remember the victims of one of the deadliest terrorist atrocities on mainland Britain.

David Cameron: “Ten years on from the 7/7 London attacks, the threat from terrorism continues to be as real as it is deadly”.

In a deeply moving moment, she said: “Quite often, people say “it didn’t break us, terrorism won’t break us””.

Four young British Muslims were later identified as the bombers.

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“Appalling acts are attempted by individuals who have grown up here but decided for whatever twisted reasons to identify their own country as the enemy”, he said in a rare public statement. “If someone died of natural causes you could accept it, but when somebody is brutally killed and murdered it is a different ball-game”, said the 67-year-old, “It has been a hard day”. A number of parties, including al-Qaeda have claimed responsibility, however the British government have not authenticated their claim.

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe said it is a “day to remember and reflect”. Whilst I hope that we will never need to deliver such a response again, if we do we will be ready.

A wall of posters showing pictures of those missing since the London bombings is seen at King’s Cross station in London.

On behalf of the royal family, Prince William attended a special memorial service at Hyde Park on Tuesday afternoon.

There were emotional scenes as those caught up or directly affected by the carnage in 2005 gathered at sites around London to remember and pay their respects.

The flag of the United Kingdom at the United Nations.

The Bishop of London Richard Chartres told the congregation: “Soon after 7/7 the families and friends of the victims compiled a book of tributes”.

A minute’s silence was also observed throughout Britain in honour of the victims of the attacks that targeted three Tube trains and a bus.

Australian Gill Hicks has laid flowers at the London Underground station where rescuers rushed to save her life after she lost her legs to a terrorist’s bomb.

Jacqui Putnam, who survived the Edgware Road explosion, said: “It doesn’t seem like 10 years ago”.

She wept as she spoke to other survivors and bereaved families in Hyde Park, where they were joined by the Duke of Cambridge. “Those 52 people are with me every day because I could so easily have been with them. The fact that I’m not is random luck”.

The men responsible were ringleader Mohammed Sidique Khan, age 30; 22-year-old Shehzad Tanweer; Hasib Mir Hussain, age 18; and 19-year-old Germaine Lindsay. They came from all over the UK and all over the world.’.

The commemorations begin with a wreath-laying at the national memorial in Hyde Park at 8:50 am local time (0750 GMT), marking the moment the first three bombs exploded on London Underground trains at Aldgate, Edgware Road and Russell Square stations.

REUTERS/Ivan PeredrukA photograph taken by a passer-by shows victims being helped near Tavistock Place in London following a bomb blast on a bus July 7, 2005.