During the morning commute hours of Thursday, 7 July 2005, four Islamist extremists separately detonated three bombs aboard London Underground trains across the city, and later, a fourth on a double-decker bus.

Having greatly enjoyed my time in London, during which I took extensive bus and underground journeys throughout the city, I was especially saddened. How people can delude themselves to think that the indiscriminate killing and maiming of innocent, random members of the public could accomplish political or religious goals is beyond me.

Fifty-two people ended up killed, and over 700 more were injured in the attacks, making it Britain’s deadliest terrorist incident since the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.

P.S. in 2017: It is astonishing how Islamist terrorist attacks have now become such regular occurrences that the 2005 London bombings are almost forgotten by the global community.

Here is a List of Islamist terrorist attacks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Islamist_terrorist_attacks

Reinhard Kargl

Journalist and media professional currently based in Los Angeles, California. Focusing on science and technology.