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Hasib Hussain | |
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 A CCTV image of Hasib Hussain leaving aBoots store on the King's Cross station concourse at 9 am on 7 July 2005 | |
| Born | Hasib Mir Hussain (1986-09-16)16 September 1986 Leeds,West Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 7 July 2005(2005-07-07) (aged 18) Tavistock Square,London, England |
| Cause of death | suicide bomber |
Hasib Mir Hussain (Urdu:حسیب میر حسین; 16 September 1986 – 7 July 2005)[1] was a British citizen and one of fourIslamistsuicide bombers who detonated bombs on three trains on theLondon Underground and one bus in centralLondon during the7 July 2005 London bombings.
Hussain detonated abomb on theNo. 30 bus that exploded inTavistock Square, killing 13 of the 52 people killed in thesuicide bombings, and himself. Investigators found his body and personal effects on the bus. At the age of 18, he was the youngest of the group of four. The other men wereShehzad Tanweer,Germaine Lindsay, andMohammad Sidique Khan.
Hussain was born in Leeds General Infirmary and raised inHolbeck, West Yorkshire,Leeds,England, the youngest of four children. Hussain received hisprimary education at Ingram RoadPrimary School, Holbeck. In September 1998, he began hissecondary education atSouth Leeds High School. Maintaining a good attendance record, he receivedGCSEs in English language, English literature, maths, science,Urdu, and design technology and aGNVQ inbusiness studies in 2003. Hussain went on to attend Thomas Danby College inLeeds, earning aVocational Certificate of Education (AVCE) in business the same year as the attacks. He was a member of the Holbeck Hornetsfootball team and the localcricket team. When he left high school, teachers who knew him described him as "a slow gentle giant".[2]
In the later half of 2003, Hussain metMohammed Sidique Khan andShehzad Tanweer. The three frequented theStratford Street Mosque in Beeston, and were also associated with theHamara Youth Access Point, a drop-in centre for teens.
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In mid-June 2005, Magdi Asdi el-Nashar, anEgyptianlecturer at theUniversity of Leeds, rented a flat from Dr. Adnan Shukir. Hussain played the role of el-Nashar's purportedly foreign friend. Sources differ, but either Hussain's brother or the police examined Hussain'smobile phone, which had Dr. Shukir's number in its storage. Police raided the flat, finding kilos of explosives and other evidence of a bomb-making operation.
Before Hussain went toLondon with Khan and Tanweer, all three men had travelled to 18 Alexandra Grove,Hyde Park, Leeds where the homemade explosive devices were assembled. The bombs were placed into a refrigerated box to maintain stability overnight. In the morning they travelled south towards Luton railway station, where they joinedGermaine Lindsay, the fourth bomber, at around 7:20 am. They then made the trip towardsKing's Cross station.
On the day of the attacks, Hussain is believed to have intended to take theNorthern linetrain. However, it was temporarily suspended on 7 July and so Hussain left theLondon Underground system. He was captured on CCTV in aBoots store on the concourse of King's Cross after the other bombs had gone off. Mobile phone records indicate that he had tried to telephone the other bombers. About 50 minutes after the other bombs had detonated, Hussain appears to have boarded the number 30 bus, his bomb exploding shortly thereafter:driving licence andcredit cards were found in the wreckage of the bus inTavistock Square.
Hussain's parents contactedScotland Yard at about 10:20 pm on 7 July to report that their son had been travelling to London with three friends and had not been heard from since.
Hussain's body was buried in aMuslim cemetery in Leeds on 2 November 2005.[3]