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7/7 Bombings: The Role of Northern Ireland's 'White Widow' Samantha Lewthwaite

  • On July 7, 2005, four suicide bombers attacked London's Underground and a bus in central London, killing 52 people and injuring over 770.
  • The bombers, described as 'cleanskins', left Leeds at 4am and detonated four bombs containing 2–5kg of explosives within 50 seconds.
  • The attacks triggered a chaotic emergency response where 62 victims passed through hospitals and survivors witnessed severe injuries and trauma.
  • Samantha Lewthwaite, born in Northern Ireland in 1983 and widow of bomber Germaine Lindsay, later became a high-profile terror suspect linked to plots from the UK to East Africa.
  • The 7/7 attacks remain Britain's deadliest terror event since Lockerbie, prompting ongoing security scrutiny and efforts to locate Lewthwaite, whose whereabouts remain unknown.
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'The 7/7 bombings were hell on earth - I helped to treat the wounded'

It has been 20 years since the 7/7 bombings killed 52 people, but Royal Free Hospital nurse Ashley Baruah still remembers the patients he saw that day.

Samantha Lewthwaite, widow of London Metro terrorist in 2005, has been linked to more than 240 deaths in Africa. Her trail is lost in Somalia, among propaganda and legend. More information: Al Shabaab terrorists attack a hotel in central Somalia with a car bomb: six dead and 10 injured

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The Independent broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Sunday, July 6, 2025.
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