MI5: 7/7 ended scepticism about terrorist threat
Ten years on, the head of MI5 says 7/7 delivered a step change “in the nation’s counter terrorism defences”.
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The July 7 inquest has heard the testimony of the former girlfriend of one of the suicide bombers, and have also seen a video of ringleader Mohammed Siddique Khan saying farewell to his baby daughter.
Ten years on, the head of MI5 says 7/7 delivered a step change “in the nation’s counter terrorism defences”.
A senior MI5 officer tells the July 7 inquest of the Service’s “profound regret” for failing to prevent the London bombings, which killed 52 innocent people, as Andy Davies reports.
As MI5 continues to investigate whether Taimur Adbdulwahab al-Abdaly had links to other terrorists, Channel 4 News discovers that he lived close to numerous Luton-based extremists.
There are hundreds of new leads every month in the fight against Islamist terrorism, Simon Israel hears from the head of the UK’s security services, Jonathan Evans.
The Home Secretary, Theresa May, will not appeal against the ruling that the relatives of those killed should be allowed to hear top secret evidence presented to the July 7 inquests.
Families of the victims of the 52 people killed in the 7 July London bombings were today shown CCTV footage of the bombers as they gathered materials and made a reconnaissance ahead of the attacks.