Enlarge imageLONDON (Reuters) - The Home Secretary and the country’s most senior policeman Ian Blair are due to face questions from a parliamentary committee on Tuesday over the investigation and effect of the London bombings.
Four British Muslims killed themselves and 52 others in suicide bomb attacks on three underground trains and a bus in London on July 7.
Two weeks later four bombers failed in an attempt to repeat the attacks when their devices failed to explode.
The Home Affairs Committee will quiz Home Secretary Charles and the capital’s police chief Ian Blair on "Counter-Terrorism and Community Relations in the aftermath of the London Bombings" on Tuesday.
MPs will also hear from London Mayor Ken Livingstone and Iqbal Sacranie, secretary-general of
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the Muslim Council of Britain, with Muslims reporting an increase in racial attacks in the wake of the attacks.The questioning is likely to cover issues ranging from the investigation into the bombings, the causes of terrorism, what effect the bombings have had and who was behind them.
Earlier this month, a pre-death video statement from one bomber Mohammad Sidique Khan, the suspected leader of the July 7 group, was aired on Arabic TV in which he praised Osama bin Laden, the leader of al Qaeda.
Although police initially said the bombings bore the hallmark of al Qaeda, no evidential link to the organisation has yet been found.
The committee is also likely to seek answers over the killing of an innocent Brazilian electrician, shot dead by police officers who mistook him for a suicide bomber.
