A minute of silence has been held in memory of the victims of the 2005 London bombings. The British Prime Minister, David Cameron, and the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, have laid floral tributes to mark the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks, which killed 56 people. Also gathered were relatives of the victims and survivors.
The commemorations come as Britain still reels from an attack in Tunisia last month, which resulted in Britain’s worst loss of life in a militant assault since the London attacks. “Today the country comes together to remember the victims of one of the deadliest terrorist atrocities in mainland Britain,” Cameron said in a statement. “Ten years on from the 7/7 London attacks, the threat of terrorism continues to be as real as it is deadly. The murder of 30 innocent Britons whilst holidaying in Tunisia is a brutal reminder of that fact. But we will never be cowed by terrorism.”
One of the 2005 victims being remembered is Miriam Hyman. Her sister, Esther, told reporters: “I thought, well, my goodness, if there are explosions on the Underground and then on a bus, who knows where it’s going to end. “But of course I didn’t realize at that time that my sister was actually on that bus.” Esther Hyman says she is worried that people are forgetting what happened.
INC News, 07/07/2015 - via Euronews
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