Topic: Hasib Hussain

Hasib Mir Hussain (16 September 1986 – 7 July 2005) was one of four terrorists who detonated bombs on three trains on the London Underground and one bus in central London during the 7 July 2005 London bombings.

Hussain was the terrorist who detonated a bomb on the No. 30 bus that exploded in Tavistock Square, killing 13 of the 52 people killed in the suicide bombings, and himself. Investigators found his remains and personal effects on the bus. Aged 18, he was the youngest of the group of four. The other men were Shehzad Tanweer, Germaine Lindsay, and Mohammad Sidique Khan.

Hussain was born in Leeds General Infirmary and raised in Holbeck, West Yorkshire, Leeds, England the youngest of four children. His father, Mahmood, worked in a factory, while his mother, Maniza, was an interpreter for South Asian families at Leeds General Infirmary. Alia Kaur (formerly Alia Hussain), one of Hussain's sisters, left Islam and converted to Sikhism in the late 1990s. The Hussain family disowned her upon discovering of her conversion. At the time of the bombing, Hussain was living with his brother Imran and sister-in-law Shazia, in 7 Colenso Mount, Holbeck, Leeds.