Shehzad Tanweer

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Shehzad Tanweer (15 December 1982 – 7 July 2005) was a British terrorist. He was one of four men that detonated explosives in three trains on the London Underground and one bus in central London during the 7 July 2005 London bombings. 52 people were killed, plus the bombers themselves, and over 700 were wounded in the attacks. Tanweer was named by Scotland Yard as the man who detonated the first bomb while travelling eastbound on the Circle Line between Liverpool Street and Aldgate, killing himself and seven of the 52 victims. The other three men were identified as Mohammad Sidique Khan, Germaine Lindsay and Hasib Hussain, all homegrown terrorists killed in the explosions.

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