July 7 bomber made desperate calls

The teenager clearly panicked when he realised he could not get on to a northern line tube to detonate his rucksack bomb, as the service had been suspended because of a broken down train.

Knowing that all four men were supposed to synchronise the timing of the explosions, Hussain ran out of King’s Cross underground station and tried desperately to contact his accomplices.

This was just before 9 a.m. By then his fellow bombers were all dead, having triggered their devices within seconds of one another at 8.50 a.m.

According to the Times report, Hussain first called Mohammad Sidique Khan (30), the alleged leader of the group, saying ‘‘I can’t get on a train. What should I do?’’

Then, in quick succession, he left the same message for Shehzad Tanweer and Jermaine Lindsay as he hurried away from the station. The report quoted a police source saying: ‘‘His voice was getting more and more frantic with each call.’’

Hussain then climbed on to a passing No. 30 double-decker bus in Tavistock Square. Survivors remember him looking flustered as he rummaged inside the large black rucksack on his lap. Seconds later he detonated the homemade explosive, killing 13 people. It was 9.47 a.m.—57 minutes after his accomplices had struck.

Forensic science experts are now certain the bombs were all triggered manually, which, they say, proves that the men were not duped into becoming suicide bombers.

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