Hasib Mir Hussain (16 September 1986 – 7 July 2005) was a British citizen and one of four Islamist

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who detonated bombs on three trains on the

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and one bus in central

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during the

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. Hussain detonated a

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on the No. 30 bus that exploded in

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, killing 13 of the 52 people killed in the

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s, and himself. Investigators found his body and personal effects on the bus. At the age of 18, he was the youngest of the group of four. The other men were

Shehzad Tanweer Shehzad Tanweer (15 December 1982 – 7 July 2005) was a British terrorist. Alongside three others, he detonated explosives in three trains on the London Underground and one bus in central London during the 7 July 2005 London bombings. 52 people ...

, Germaine Lindsay, and

Mohammad Sidique Khan Mohammad Sidique Khan (20 October 1974 – 7 July 2005) was a British terrorist. He was the oldest of the four Islamist suicide bombers and believed to be the leader responsible for the 7 July 2005 London bombings, in which bombs were detonated ...

Biography

Hussain was born in Leeds General Infirmary, to pakistani parents and raised in

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, West Yorkshire,

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, the youngest of four children. Hussain received his

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at Ingram Road

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, Holbeck. In September 1998, he began his

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at South Leeds High School. Maintaining a good attendance record, he received

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s in English language, English literature, maths, science,

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, and design technology and a

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studies in 2003. Hussain went on to attend Thomas Danby College in

, earning a Vocational Certificate of Education (AVCE) in business the same year as the attacks. He was a member of the Holbeck Hornets

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team and the local

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team. When he left high school, teachers who knew him described him as "a slow gentle giant". In the later half of 2003, Hussain met Mohammed Sidique Khan and

. The three frequented the Stratford Street Mosque in Beeston, and were also associated with the Hamara Youth Access Point, a drop-in centre for teens.

London bombings

In mid-June 2005, Magdi Asdi el-Nashar, an

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ian

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at the

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, rented a flat from Dr. Adnan Shukir. Hussain played the role of el-Nashar's purportedly foreign friend. Sources differ, but either Hussain's brother or the police examined Hussain's

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, which had Dr. Shukir's number in its storage. Police raided the flat, finding kilos of explosives and other evidence of a bomb-making operation. Before Hussain went to

with Khan and Tanweer, all three men had travelled to 18 Alexandra Grove, Hyde Park, Leeds where the homemade explosive devices were assembled. The bombs were placed into a refrigerated box to maintain stability overnight. In the morning they travelled south towards Luton railway station, where they joined Germaine Lindsay, the fourth bomber, at around 7:20 am. They then made the trip towards

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. On the day of the attacks, Hussain is believed to have intended to take the

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. However, it was temporarily suspended on 7 July and so Hussain left the

system. He was captured on CCTV in a

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store on the concourse of King's Cross after the other bombs had gone off. Mobile phone records indicate that he had tried to telephone the other bombers. About 50 minutes after the other bombs had detonated, Hussain appears to have boarded the number 30 bus, his bomb exploding shortly thereafter:

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and credit cards were found in the wreckage of the bus in

. Hussain's parents contacted

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at about 10:20 pm on 7 July to report that their son had been travelling to London with three friends and had not been heard from since. Hussain's body was buried in a

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cemetery in Leeds on 2 November 2005.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hussain, Hasib 1986 births 2005 deaths 2005 suicides 21st-century British murderers Criminals from Yorkshire English Islamists English mass murderers Male murderers English people of Pakistani descent People educated at Cockburn John Charles Academy People from Holbeck Perpetrators of the July 2005 London bombings Suicides in Bloomsbury