Person    | Female  Born 1985  Died 7/7/2005

Shahara Akhter Islam

Categories: Tragedy

Worked as a bank teller at the Co-op Bank, The Angel, Islington. The Tavistock Square memorial does not use 'Akhter' in her name.

Shahara Akhter Islam was born in 1985 in Whitechapel, the daughter of Shamsul Hasan and Romena Begum. Her birth was registered in February 1985 in the Tower Hamlets registration district.

She was killed, aged 20 years, on 7 July 2005 whilst travelling aboard a Route 30 bus that was targeted by suicide bomber Hasib Mir Hussain (1986-2005) at Tavistock Square. The Find a Grave website gives a short biography of her life.

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Shahara Akhter Islam

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Bombs 7/7/05 - no.30 bus - plaque

In memory of those who were killed in the bomb attack on a route 30 bus near ...

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Bombs 7/7/05 - Tavistock Square

All the text is turned sideways, so it avoids being upside down, whether view...

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Hyde Park memorial to bomb attack 7/7/05

The 52 columns are 1m apart, 3.5m high and made of roughly textured stainless...

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