Overview

• Prime Minister Keir Starmer and London Mayor Sadiq Khan observed the moment of the first explosion by laying wreaths at the Hyde Park memorial at 08:50.
• King Charles III issued a statement denouncing the bombings as senseless evil and called on people to stand united against divisive forces.
• Prince Edward will represent the monarch at a national memorial service at St. Paul’s Cathedral alongside survivors, rescue workers and bereaved families.
• The July 7, 2005 attacks by four suicide bombers linked to al-Qaida killed 52 people and injured hundreds across London’s Underground trains and a bus.
• The bombings triggered sweeping counter-terrorism reforms and reshaped British security policy over the past two decades.