2007 London car bombs
On 29 June 2007, two car bombs in London were discovered and disabled before they could be detonated. The first device was left near the Tiger Tiger nightclub in Haymarket at around 01:30, and the second was left in Cockspur Street, located in close proximity to the nightclub.
2007 London car bombs
The first car bomb was reported to the police by the door staff of Tiger Tiger.[1] About an hour later, the second car bomb was ticketed for illegal parking, and an hour after that, transported to the car pound at Park Lane,[2] where staff noticed a strong smell of petrol and reported the vehicle to police when they heard about the first device.[3]
The event coincided with the appointment of Gordon Brown as Prime Minister two days earlier, but Downing Street dismissed suggestions of a connection.[4] A close link was quickly established to the Glasgow Airport attack the following day. Bilal Abdullah, arrested following the Glasgow attack, was later found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder in relation to both incidents and sentenced to life imprisonment, with a minimum of 32 years in prison.