London has seen more Islamic terrorist attacks over the past 18 months, but today marks the 12th anniversary of the horrific 7/7 Islamic terrorist attacks in the United Kingdom capital back in 2005.
An open-air service in front of the 52 steel pillars and memorial plaque that bears their names was held in the city today to remember the victims of the 7/7 London bombings.
The bereaved, the survivors, the physically and mentally scarred, those who had witnessed the horror, those who had helped in the carnage and its aftermath, and those who simply wanted to pay their respects, gathered in the sunshine to lay flowers in memory.
A roll call of those who died on the three tube trains – between King’s Cross and Russell Square, at Edgware Road, at Aldgate – and on the No 30 bus at Tavistock Square was read aloud, and memories of that terrible day were shared.