Posted on 07/15/2005 2:31:15 PM PDT by F14 Pilot
The teenage terrorist who blew up a double-deck bus in Tavistock Square, London, killing 13 people including himself, was caught on closed-circuit television two and a half hours earlier.
Hasib Hussain, bearded and wearing jeans and a jacket, was pictured at Luton railway station as he and three other bombers headed for the 7.20am train to London last Thursday.
In his rucksack was the 10lb bomb that exploded at 9.47am on the No 30 bus shortly after three other bombs went off in Underground trains.
Hussain, 18, a nondescript character, troublesome at home in Leeds and an under-achiever at school, was bent on martyrdom with his fellow terrorists and determined to cause maximum casualties during the London rush-hour.
As the official number of deaths rose to 54, detectives issued pictures of Hussain and appealed for help in tracing his movements.
Peter Clarke, the head of Scotland Yard's anti-terrorist branch, said the police wanted to know what Hussain was doing in the hour and 21 minutes after 8.26am, when the four bombers passed through King's Cross station.
"We need to establish his movements until 9.47am when the explosion occurred in Tavistock Square," he said.
"In particular, we need to know his movements between the time he left King's Cross and the time he boarded the No 30 bus."
Mr Clarke said: "What we are asking the public is, Did you see this man at King's Cross? Was he alone or with others? Do you know the route he took from the station? Did you see him get on to a No 30 bus and, if you did, when and where was that?
"We are also keen to speak to everyone who was on that bus."
Hussain and Shehzad Tanweer were officially named as members of the bombing team who were thought to have travelled by car to Luton from their homes in West Yorkshire.
Tanweer, 22, blew himself up on an Underground train near Liverpool Street station, killing six other passengers.
A third bomber is believed to be Mohammed Sadique Khan, 31, who died at Edgware Road, also with six passengers.
Scotland Yard sources confirmed that the fourth bomber was thought to be Lindsey Germaine or Jamal, a Briton of Jamaican origin who had been converted to Islam. He lived with his Muslim girlfriend, Samantha, and child at a rented semi in Northern Road, Aylesbury, Bucks.
He is believed to have set off the bomb that destroyed an Underground train between King's Cross station and Russell Square, killing 26 people including himself.
Anti-terrorist squad officers raided the house on Wednesday evening after linking it to a car used by the bombers. The car had been left in the car park at Luton station, 20 miles away.
Police have so far taken more than 500 witness statements and recovered more than 5,000 CCTV tapes as they seek to trace the bombers' route. Detailed forensic examinations are still taking place at the scenes of the explosions.
In Yorkshire the police investigations centred on a youth centre in the Beeston area of Leeds. Homes were evacuated as bomb disposal experts entered the building in Lodge Lane, which was believed to have been used by some of the terrorists.
Officers were also trying to trace any tenants or visitors connected to a rented flat in Alexandra Grove in the Hyde Park area of the city.
Police say that "materials" were found in the flat, which may have been used as a bomb-making factory.
The Queen stood at the courtyard gate of Buckingham Palace as she led two minutes' silence in memory of the victims. Much of the country came briefly to a standstill.
Similar tributes were paid across Europe and a vigil in Trafalgar Square last night attracted thousands of people.
Ping!
What, and she hasn't been stoned or lashed or gang-raped for this sin yet? No 'honor killing' by her family? I'm confused.
Should we bomb these idiots too?
To cleanse their shame, more Jihad mass murder will be prescribed!
Welcome to Hell, Hussain.
Ah, they were new converts. The Imams hadn't fully reprogrammed them to follow all of Mohammed's rules yet.
You know what I've begun to think about these guys who blow themselves up? I think they have each done something in their lives that makes them feel so guilty, so unacceptable to God, that this is their only chance of going to paradise.
That is a valid idea!
I have heard very same things happening in Israel and those who blow themselves and others up have been told that if they don't do the job, their true face will be exposed to public. (Most of these buddies were criminals or from low level of the society)
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