London today marks the one year anniversary of the 7/7 terrorist bombings that send shock waves through the nation’s capital. The nation fell silent at midday for a two-minute silence to remember the 52 people that died in the devastating bombings last year. To commemorate the occasion various memorial services have been scheduled across London.
One of the core services will be held at St Botolph’s Church, Aldgate in the City of London at 1pm, with prayers also scheduled to be given in Regent’s Park, St Paul’s Cathedral and St Pancras Church, close to Tavistock Square, the site of the bus blast. The day will be a time of silence and services.
Flowers were laid at the sites where bombs went off on three Tube trains and a bus at the times of the blasts. British Prime Minister Tony Blair said the anniversary of the 7/7 attacks was an opportunity for "the whole nation to come together".
There will be 6,000 extra policemen, mostly armed, on the streets and in Tube trains to “provide reassurance”. On Thursday, a video of one of the bombers, Shehzad Tanweer, was aired on al-Jazeera television. It showed the 22-year-old, from Leeds, warning of further attacks; a move designed by terrorists to further intensify the pain of those remembering their loved ones today.
