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LONDON, July 7 (KUNA) -- Britain is marking 10 years of the devastating 7/7 terror attacks that targeted London public transport which killed 56 people and wounded more than 700 commuters.
Prime Minister David Cameron placed a wreath at the 7/7 memorial in Hyde Park before joining other senior figures, relatives of the victims, survivors and members of the emergency services caught up in the bombings for a service of remembrance at St Paul's Cathedral.
"Today the country comes together to remember the victims of one of the deadliest terrorist atrocities on mainland Britain," Cameron said in a statement.
"Ten years on from the 7/7 London attacks, the threat from terrorism continues to be as real as it is deadly; the murder of 30 innocent Britons whilst holidaying in Tunisia is a brutal reminder of that fact. But we will never be cowed by terrorism."
Thousands of Londoners showed solidarity with the victims of 7/7 by taking part in a "walk together" where commuters got off the Tube one stop earlier than usual to walk the rest of the way to work.
On the morning of July 7th, 2005, four men separately detonated three bombs in quick succession aboard London Underground trains across the city and, later, a fourth on a double-decker bus in Tavistock Square. Fifty-two civilians were killed and over 700 more were injured in the attacks. (end)
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