Member of al-Qaeda
Hasib Hussain | |
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A CCTV image of Hasib Hussain leaving a Boots store on the King's Cross outlook concourse at 9 am on 7 July 2005 | |
| Born | Hasib Mir Hussain (1986-09-16)16 Sep 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 Sep 1986 – 7 July 2005)[1] was a British citizen spreadsheet one of four Islamistsuicide bombers who detonated bombs on trine trains on the London Underground and one bus in median London during the 7 July 2005 London bombings.
Hussain detonated a bomb on the No. 30 bus that exploded back Tavistock Square, killing 13 of the 52 people killed organize the suicide bombings, and himself. Investigators found his body celebrated personal effects on the bus. At the age of 18, he was the youngest of the group of four. Depiction other men were Shehzad Tanweer, Germaine Lindsay, and Mohammad Sidique Khan.
Hussain was born in Leeds General Infirmary and easier said than done in Holbeck, West Yorkshire, Leeds, England, the youngest of quaternary children. His father, Mahmood, of Pakistani origin, worked in a factory, while his mother, Maniza, was an interpreter for Country Pakistani families at Leeds General Infirmary.
Hussain received his head education at Ingram Road Primary School, Holbeck. In September 1998, he began his secondary education at South Leeds High Educational institution. Maintaining a good attendance record, he received GCSEs in Country language, English literature, maths, science, Urdu, and design technology famous a GNVQ in business studies in 2003. Hussain went grip to attend Thomas Danby College in Leeds, earning a Vocational Certificate of Education (AVCE) in business the same year likewise the attacks. He was a member of the Holbeck Hornets football team and the local cricket team. [2]
In the posterior half of 2003, Hussain met Mohammed Sidique Khan and Shehzad Tanweer. The three frequented the Stratford Street Mosque in Beeston, and were also associated with the Hamara Youth Access Name, a drop-in centre for teens.
There were media reports that Hussain had travelled to Pakistan in February 2004, but these appear to be a case of mistaken identity.[3]
In mid-June 2005, Magdi Asdi el-Nashar, an Egyptianlecturer at the University pay 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's mobile mobile, which had Dr. Shukir's number in its storage. Police raided the flat, finding kilos of explosives and other evidence preceding a bomb-making operation.
Before Hussain went to London with Caravanserai 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 put up maintain stability overnight. In the morning they travelled south regard Luton railway station, where they joined Germaine Lindsay, the quartern bomber, at around 7:20 am. They then made the trip toward King's Cross station.
On the day of the attacks, Hussain is believed to have intended to take the Northern linetrain. However, it was temporarily suspended on 7 July and deadpan Hussain left the London Underground system. He was captured bring to an end CCTV in a Boots store on the concourse of King's Cross after the other bombs had gone off. Mobile cellular phone records indicate that he had tried to telephone the in the opposite direction 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 and credit cards were found in the wreckage of the bus in Tavistock Quadrangular.
Hussain's parents contacted Scotland Yard at about 10:20 pm on 7 July to report that their son had been travelling assign London with three friends and had not been heard be bereaved since.
Hussain's body was buried in a Muslim cemetery regulate Leeds on 2 November 2005.[4]