Shehzad Tanweer | |
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Born | Bradford, West Yorkshire, England | 15 December 1982
Died | 7 July 2005 London, England | (aged 22)
Cause of death | Suicide bombing |
Alma mater | Leeds Beckett University |
Shehzad Tanweer (15 December 1982 – 7 July 2005)[1] was a British Pakistani terrorist and one of four Islamist terrorists who detonated explosives in three trains on the London Underground and one bus in central London during the 7 July 2005 London bombings. 56 people were killed and over 700 wounded in the attacks.
Tanweer was named by Scotland Yard as the man who detonated a bomb while travelling eastbound on the Circle Line between Liverpool Street and Aldgate, killing both himself and seven of the 56 killed in the attacks.[2] The other three men were identified as Hasib Hussain, Germaine Lindsay, and Mohammad Sidique Khan. All four homegrown terrorists were killed in the explosions.