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Mohammad Sidique Khan (October 20, 1974 - July 7, 2005) was the oldest of the four suicide bombers responsible for the 7 July 2005 London bombings, in which bombs were detonated on three London Underground trains and one bus in central London suicide attacks that killed 52 people and injured over 700. Khan bombed the Edgware Road train in which seven people died, including himself.
On September 1, 2005, a videotape emerged in which Khan gave his reasons for the attack. The videotape, shown by Al Jazeera Television, also shows Ayman al-Zawahiri who is believed to be the second-highest leader of Al Qaeda. The two men do not appear together, and it is believed that Al Qaeda was not connected with the bombing. In the film, Khan declares "I and thousands like me have forsaken everything for what we believe" and refers to his expectation that the media would already have painted a picture of him in accordance with government 'spin'. He goes on to say "Your democratically elected governments continually perpetrate atrocities against my people all over the world. Your support makes you directly responsible. We are at war and I am a soldier. Now you too will taste the reality of this situation."





