Don’t be surprised if it turns out the London bombings were carried out by a single person.

Why?

A single person carrying out such a plot is less likely to have things go wrong in terms of choreographing the event. A lone bomber would be harder to guard against and catch. Look at the spacing of the bombings. The time between each explosion is relatively short and the three tube bombings all occur on trains running along parallell or intersecting lines suggesting one means of executing the attack could simply be a matter of leaving an unattended package aboard a very crowded train and setting it off via means of a timer or cell phone detonator. The person would just be catching another train and merely looking like a passenger who, in a rush, overlooked their parcel. The direction the trains were proceeding at the time of the blasts will determine whether or not this theory has any credence.



Now, that’s not to say they (the lone bomber) wouldn’t have had the support and cooperation of a larger group of people (co-conspirators) but, with the forethought the person charged with the actual placement of the devices would be committing suicide by blowing themselves up (making identification difficult) it would make the task of linking the bombing to co-conspirators all the more difficult. Three bombs are set off in the tubes, followed by a bus bombing which obliterates the physical remains of the bomber, scattering his body parts over a wide area. Bearing in mind, this kind of a ‘sacrifice’ on the part of the bomber, would be considered heroic on his part (as evidenced by prior attacks), the theory is not entirely implausible.