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Inside the Mind of a Suicide Bomber: Lessons from 7/7

Twenty years ago today, 52 people were killed and more than 700 injured in the deadliest terrorist attack on British soil since the Second World War. On July 7th, 2005, four young British men—Mohammad Sidique Khan, Shehzad Tanweer, Hasib Hussain, and Germaine Lindsay—detonated homemade explosives, carried in backpacks, in coordinated suicide bombings on the London Underground and a double-decker bus. On today’s Newstalk Daily, Ciara Doherty asks: What drove these young men to commit such horrifying acts? What happens inside the mind of a suicide bomber? And how did the 7/7 attacks reshape London, and Britain as a whole? Ciara is joined by: Adam Wishart, documentary filmmaker and co-author of Three Weeks in July, a new book investigating the London bombings. Dr Paul Gill, Professor of Security and Crime Science at University College London, who studies the psychology and pathways of radicalisation. Three Weeks in July by Adam Wishart and James Nally is published by Mudlark. 👉 Join the conversation: email us at [email protected]. see more