Hasib Hussain
Hasib Hussain | |
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Hussain leaving a Boots store on the King's Cross station concourse at 9 a.m. on 7 July 2005 | |
| Born | Hasib Mir Hussain 16 September 1986 Leeds, West Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 7 July 2005 (aged 18) Tavistock Square, London, England |
| Cause of death | Suicide bombing |
| Details | |
| Killed | 14 (including himself) |
Hasib Mir Hussain (16 September 1986 – 7 July 2005) was a British terrorist and one of four Islamist suicide bombers who detonated bombs on three trains on the London Underground and one bus in central London during the 7 July 2005 London bombings. At the age of 18, he was the youngest of the group of four.
Hussain detonated a bomb on the No. 30 bus in Tavistock Square. It killed 13 of the 52 people killed in the attacks, excluding him and the three other bombers. Investigators found his body and personal effects on the bus.