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The Leeds Blitz comprised nine air raids on the city of Leeds by the Nazi German Luftwaffe. The heaviest raid took place on the night of 14/15 March 1941, affecting the city centre , Beeston , [ 1 ] Bramley [ 2 ] and Armley .
Stratford Street Mosque (officially the Omar Mosque or Masjid-e-Umar) is a mosque in Beeston, Leeds, England. Three people responsible for the 7 July 2005 London bombings (Shehzad Tanweer, Mohammad Sidique Khan and Hasib Hussain) were regulars at Friday prayers at the mosque. Stratford Street mosque is just a few streets away from the Colwyn ...
Shehzad Tanweer (15 December 1982 – 7 July 2005) [1] was a British Pakistani who was one of four Islamist terrorists who detonated explosives in three trains on the London Underground and one bus in central London during the 7 July 2005 London bombings. 52 people were killed, plus the 4 bombers themselves, and over 700 wounded in the attacks.
Beeston had more bombs dropped on it than any other district of the city, yet escaped with the least damage. Flaxton Terrace was the only street to be damaged during the night-time blackout air raid , with nearly all the other bombs landing on Cross Flatts Park.
The attack happened in Tempest Road, Beeston, on Tuesday [Google Maps] Detectives have launched an attempted murder investigation after a man suffered serious head injuries in an attack in Leeds.
Khan detonated his bomb on the number 216 train, killing seven people, including himself. Shehzad Tanweer, aged 22. Also lived in Beeston, Leeds, occasionally working in his mother and father's fish and chip shop on Lodge Lane, Beeston. He detonated his bomb on the number 204 train. Eight people, including Tanweer, were killed by the explosion.
Derry’s City Cemetery in Creggan was closed to visitors for much of Tuesday after what appeared to be a pipe bomb was found at 6.30am. Police launched a search with the assistance of bomb ...
The bomb was not discovered until Monday, Feb. 26, according to a state. An Alabama man pleaded guilty to detonating an explosive device outside of the state attorney general's office, federal ...