In the decade since, there has not been a large scale terrorist attack despite the ongoing threat.
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Thirty Britons were among 38 people killed when a gunman went on the rampage at a popular Tunisian beach resort on June 26, Britain’s worst terror incident since 4 suicide bombers attacked the London transport network on July 7, 2005.
The 46-year-old, who has become a tireless campaigner against violent extremism, said the anniversary was a day of deep and mixed emotions.
London Mayor Boris Johnson (L) and Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron carry wreaths to lay at the memorial to victims.
“Ten years on from the 7/7 London attacks, the threat from terrorism continues to be as real as it is deadly – the murder of 30 innocent Britons while holidaying in Tunisia is a brutal reminder of that fact”.
In a deeply moving moment, she said: “Quite often, people say “it didn’t break us, terrorism won’t break us””.
The anniversary falls at a time of heightened alert after the rise of Islamic State (IS).
Hyman said she pitied the terrorists behind such attacks.
A few in the crowd bowed their heads.
“But the continuing fact that some people, born in the UK, with all the opportunities and freedoms that modern Britain offers, can nonetheless make those sorts of warped choices presents a serious societal and security challenge”, Parker said in a rare public statement. A number of parties, including al-Qaeda have claimed responsibility, however the British government have not authenticated their claim.
“You see things you don’t want to see again”, he said, adding that he was on duty at the time and was involved in rescue operations.
Ms Hicks, an Australian designer, now lives in her home country, but has returned to Britain to attend the memorial services.
There were emotional scenes as those caught up or directly affected by the carnage in 2005 gathered at sites around London to remember and pay their respects. “But, above all it’s a day when we think of the grace and the dignity of the victims’ families for all they have been through and we honor the memory of those victims and all those that were lost 10 years ago today”. As we remember the victims of that tragic day we are also now dealing with measures which come from a climate of fear.
Police officers line up to observe a minute’s silence for the victims of the 7/7 bombings, on the 10th anniversary, at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships, July 7, 2015, in Wimbledon, London.
Flowers were laid and silences observed at King’s Cross and Aldgate.
A further service will be held later at the memorial site for survivors and relatives which Prince William, Queen Elizabeth’s grandson, will attend.
Jacqui Putnam, who survived the Edgware Road explosion, said: “It doesn’t seem like 10 years ago”.
Cyclists and survivors from the 7/7 London bombings raised thousands of pounds in memory of a victim from Hampstead Garden Suburb. The 32-year-old picture researcher from Hampstead Garden Suburb boarded the bus after being evacuated from King’s Cross and had called her anxious father John, who died earlier this year, to say that she was safe.
“As I said at her funeral, I can still remember when Miriam was in my mummy’s tummy”.
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“It was only when I heard other people screaming, that I felt comforted by that”.
