London Underground attack footage

Here’s some footage of the failed 21 July 2005 train bombings.

Description from liveleak.com:

Closed circuit television pictures released on Tuesday showed panic erupting on a London underground train when prosecutors say a bomber tried to blow it up two weeks after 2005 attacks killed 52 commuters. British police released the images of passengers fleeing and defendant Ramzi Mohammed throwing down a backpack and racing through an Underground station, after the footage was played at the long-awaited trial of Mohammed and five others in London.

The six men deny conspiracy to murder and cause explosions, in what prosecutors say was a plot to repeat the worst peacetime bombings in London’s history, two weeks after the July 7, 2005 attacks on three trains and a bus. The silent footage shows passengers fleeing to another carriage after an apparent bang, while Mohammed, in a distinctive dark New York sweatshirt, stands up at one end of the underground train car with a large pack on his back.

One passenger, firefighter Angus Campbell, remains at the opposite end of the train car, gesturing furiously at Mohammed, who appears to be shouting and gesturing back. As the train pulls into the station, Mohammed flings down the pack and flees with Campbell in pursuit. Footage shows him sprinting through the station, his New York shirt clearly visible.

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