The London Bombings: One Year Later


 

Publication Date: June 2006

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): Nile Gardiner

Research Area: Government

Keywords: Europe; Islam

Type: Brief

Coverage: Great Britain

Abstract:

Thursday, July 7, 2005, will go down as one of the darkest days in British history since the Second World War. A series of bomb blasts in the heart of London killed 52 people and injured more than 700.