UK marks 10th anniversary of July 7/7 bombings

The threat from terrorism continues to be as real as it was ten years ago, but Britian will never cowed by it, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Tuesday as the country observed a minute’s silence in memory of the 52 people killed by suicide bombers in london on July 7, 2005.Survivors of the attacks and relatives of the victims were among those to mark the 10-year anniversary at a ceremony at St Paul’s Cathedral in london.

Cameron and london Mayor Boris Johnson were among those who laid wreaths in Hyde Park before the minute’s silence at 11.30 am (local time), when london buses also came to a halt.On the card attached to his wreath, Cameron wrote: “To the victims of terrorism in london 10 years ago today. We grieve your loss and will honour your memory forever.”

Johnson wrote: “Ten years may have passed, but london’s memory is undimmed. We honour again today the victims of 7/7. You will live forever in the hearts of the people of this city.”The bombings of three Tube trains and a bus — carried out by four bombers linked to Al Qaeda and carrying rucksacks of explosives — has been described as the worst single terrorist atrocity on British soil.“Today the country comes together to remember the victims of one of the deadliest terrorist atrocities on mainland Britain,” Cameron said in a statement.