Security services cleared over 7/7 London bombings

THERE is no evidence the security services could have prevented the 2005 London bombings, a coroner found while warning that changes were necessary to help prevent further such atrocities.

The exhaustive inquests into the deaths of 52 victims of the al-Qaida-inspired July 7, 2005 attacks on public transport found they were all unlawfully killed.

The coroner, judge Heather Hallett, said the evidence “does not justify the conclusion that any failings of any organisation or individual caused or contributed to the deaths”.