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Yorks suicide bombers took King's Cross train to massacre 52 on Tube and bus
BY DAVID BRUCE
CHIEF CRIME REPORTER
ANTI-Terrorist police were today piecing together the lives of the four suicide bombers – three from West Yorkshire – who brought carnage to London.
And they were hunting the masterminds who sent them to their deaths, amid fears there may be more bombers waiting to strike.
There was shock and disbelief in West Yorkshire today.
Details of the identities of the men, one of whom was a teenager, began to emerge after dramatic raids on homes in the Leeds area yesterday.
Detectives have also revealed that documents belonging to the four were recovered at the scenes of the four blasts.
Shahzad Tanweer, 22, of Beeston, Leeds, the son of a local fish and chip shop owner, is one of the suicide bombers. He blew himself up on the Aldgate Tube train. The cricket-loving sports science graduate is among three men from West Yorkshire and another, thought to be from Luton, behind the attacks.
Hasib Mir Hussain, 19, from Leeds, is believed to have blown himself up on the number 30 bus in Tavistock Square. It is known that his driving licence and cash cards were found in the mangled wreckage. He had told his parents he was going to London with friends on the day of the attacks and at 10.20pm last Thursday his mother reported him missing to the police – apparently fearing he may have been caught in the tragedy.
Hussain lived in Holbeck with his parents. Documents belonging to a third suspect, named in reports as Mohammed Sadique Khan, a 30-year-old from Dewsbury, were found in the debris of the Edgware Road blast. He was married with an eight-month-old baby, according to reports.
All three men were believed to have been friends but not related. Scotland Yard confirmed a relative of one of the suspects was arrested in West Yorkshire yesterday and was being brought to London to be quizzed by the anti-terrorist branch.
A fourth bomber is thought to have lived in the Luton area and the West Yorkshire men are understood to have used hire cars to travel to Luton last Thursday morning.
david.bruce@ypn.co.uk
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