Germaine Lindsay

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Germaine Maurice Lindsay

Born	September 23, 1985 Jamaica
Died	July 7, 2005 Russell Square Tube, London, U.K.

Germaine Maurice Lindsay, also known as Abdullah Shaheed Jamal, (September 23, 1985 – July 7, 2005) was one of the four suicide bombers who detonated bombs on three trains on the London Underground and one bus in central London during the 7 July 2005 London bombings, killing 56 (including themselves) and injuring more than 700.

Lindsay, who changed his name to Abdullah Shaheed Jamal after his conversion to Islam, detonated the bomb that killed 26 people, plus himself, on a train travelling on the Piccadilly line between the King's Cross St. Pancras and Russell Square Tube stations.

1 Biography
2 Involvement in London bombings
3 See also
4 References
5 Further reading

[edit] Biography

Lindsay was born in Jamaica. He moved to the UK when he was 5 months old and converted to Islam at age 15. A carpet-fitter, he had previously lived in Huddersfield in West Yorkshire before moving to Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire. His wife, Samantha Lewthwaite, a native of Aylesbury who had converted to Islam, lived with him and gave birth to their second child two months after his death. Germaine also persuaded his mother, Mary McLeod, the daughter of an Evangelical Christian, to convert to Islam. [1]

He engaged in "work experience" with a local council, which he is said to have enjoyed, although the pay was poor. [2]

Claims have been made that Lindsay was a violent drug dealer in Huddersfield prior to his conversion to Islam [3]

Friends say that after his conversion he rejected his old friends and old habits and completely embraced terrorism. His mother recalls their shock at the 9/11 attacks and wondered how Muslims could have done something like that. His wife, Lewthwaite, now 22 (who has since unofficially taken the Muslim name Sherafiyah) denied Lindsay's involvement until authorities produced forensic evidence to confirm his identity. [4] She later went on record stating she abhorred the attacks and that her husband's mind had been poisoned by radicals. [5]

[edit] Involvement in London bombings

The bombers caught on CCTV at Luton railway station at 07:21 BST on 7 July 2005. From left to right, Hasib Hussain, Germaine Lindsay (Holding the Carrier Bag), Mohammad Sidique Khan, and Shehzad Tanweer

Lindsay detonated a bomb, killing at least 26, on a train travelling between King's Cross St. Pancras and Russell Square stations.[6]

A raid by Scotland Yard found no explosives at Lindsay's flat. Lindsay is believed to have hired one of the cars left at Luton railway station on 7 July before the bombers made their rail journey to London.

Abdul Dayan, the imam of the Jamia Ghausia mosque in Aylesbury, said that Lindsay did not attend, and did not mix with the largely Pakistani Muslim community.

On July 22 police and fire services were called to Lindsay's home after neighbours reported a strong smell of petrol coming from the house. It was suspected to be an arson attack on the empty property [7]. Since then it has been revealed in the local press that his wife and son are living under police protection and will not be returning home. In December 2005 two 17-year-olds were charged with attempted arson for the attack.