Britons Mark The 10th Anniversary Of London Transit Attacks

Published July 7, 2015 at 12:52 PM EDT

A family grieve as they stand next to a memorial to victims of the July, 2005 bus bombing near Tavistock Square on July 7, 2015 in London, England. Today is the tenth anniversary of the 7/7 bombings, when four suicide bombers struck transport system in central London on Thursday 7 July 2005, killing 52 people and injuring more than 770 in simultaneous attacks. (Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

Britons are marking the 10th anniversary of suicide bomb attacks on London’s transit system that killed 52 commuters.

People paused in silence today and walked in solidarity. Prime Minister David Cameron and London Mayor Boris Johnson led a wreath-laying ceremony at a memorial in London’s Hyde Park.

It was July 7, 2005 that four British men inspired by al-Qaida blew themselves up on three London subway trains and a bus during the morning rush hour.

The attacks also wounded more than 700 people.

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