Glasgow marks the second anniversary of London suicide bombings

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London, July 7 (UNI) As the Iraqi doctor,Bilal Abdulla,was being remanded in custody at City of Westminster Magistrate's Court in central London a ceremony to mark the second anniversary of the 7 July London suicide bombings which killed 52 people was being held at a memorial garden to the victims.

The ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Gordon Brown, London mayor Ken Livingstone and Olympics and London Minister Tessa Jowell and others who laid flowers at the King's Cross.

Hundreds of people were injured in the attacks on three Tube trains and a bus two years ago.

The memorial ceremony was held at King's Cross station shortly before 0900 BST, when the first bomb exploded two years ago.

At the function the Prime Minister laid a wreath bearing the handwritten message: "In remembrance and with deepest sympathy." The Mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoe who is in London for the Tour de France Grand Depart - also attendedthe function laying a wreath on behalf of the people of Paris whom he said "stood at one with London in our fight to protect the universal values of peace and democracy".

The officials bowed their heads in silence for several minutes, before relatives of the bomb victims came forward to lay their own tributes.

However,organisers said there would be no national silence and, in line with the wishes of families, no large public event.

The act of remembrance comes at a time when police and security services are on heightened alert, with a number of high-profile events such as Wimbledon, the Live Earth concert and the first stage of the Tour de France taking place in London.

The other officials at the ceremony were London transport commissioner Peter Hendy and Tim O'Toole, managing director of London Underground.

UNI

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