7 July 2005 London bombings, Terrorist incident in the United Kingdom
The 7 July 2005 London bombings were a series of suicide bomb attacks in central London.
On 7 July 2005, four Islamist extremists detonated three bombs on London Underground trains and one on a double-decker bus.
These attacks affected London's multicultural society and raised issues of security and foreign policy.
As a result of the bombings, public transport security measures in London were increased.
The bombings led to the UK's largest criminal inquiry since World War II.
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