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Order made on 7/7 images release | |
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Police have been ordered to release footage of the 7/7 bombers following a freedom of information request by the Press Association. | Police have been ordered to release footage of the 7/7 bombers following a freedom of information request by the Press Association. |
The request for seven pieces of footage to be released has been ongoing for three years. | The request for seven pieces of footage to be released has been ongoing for three years. |
The images show the terrorists chatting, putting on rucksacks and buying snacks on their way to blow up trains on the London Underground. | The images show the terrorists chatting, putting on rucksacks and buying snacks on their way to blow up trains on the London Underground. |
The suicide bombings on 7 July 2005 killed 52 people in London. | The suicide bombings on 7 July 2005 killed 52 people in London. |
The explosions caused by Mohammad Sidique Khan, Jermaine Lindsay, Shehzad Tanweer and Hasib Hussain also left hundreds injured. | |
The Information Commissioner overruled objections from Scotland Yard that disclosure of the films could disrupt its investigations. | |
The force now has 35 days to either appeal or disclose the seven pieces of material. | |
The footage was described in detail in the Home Office's narrative report, published the year after the 2005 attacks. | |
Film extracts | |
The seven pieces of footage are: | |
• 0454 Tanweer at Woodall Services on the M1, buying snacks, arguing over his change with the cashier and looking straight at the camera | |
• 0507 Lindsay arriving at Luton railway station and waiting for 90 minutes | |
• 0649 The four bombers putting on "large and full" rucksacks outside Luton station | |
• 0826 All four bombers at King's Cross, hugging on the concourse close to the Thameslink platform before heading towards the Underground | |
• 0855 Hussain walking out of King's Cross on to Euston Road, trying to make a call on mobile phone | |
• 0900 Hussain back in King's Cross, walking through Boots into WH Smith on station concourse, and buying a nine-volt battery | |
• 0906 Hussain entering McDonald's on Euston Road, leaving 10 minutes later | |
The Information Commissioner also ruled that the faces of anyone other than the bombers visible in the footage should be pixelated. |
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