Three of the four bombers came from the Beeston area of Leeds, while the fourth, as yet unnamed, bomber is also believed to have come from the city

Mohammed Sadique Khan

Bombed the Circle Line train at Edgware Road

Khan, 30, the eldest of the known bombers, was the married father of an eight-month-old baby and lived in Dewsbury in West Yorkshire.

He is thought to have been on Pakistani origin and to have lived in Beeston until five months ago, when he moved with his wife Hasina to Lees Holm in Dewsbury. Yesterday his home was raided by police. Neighbours said he worked with disabled children while his wife was involved in education.

A neighbour, Sara Aziz, 28, said: "They seemed a right quiet couple. He goes to the gym. The reason I say that is because I’ve seen him carrying a bag over his shoulders some mornings. I saw him last week."

Shehzad Tanweer

Bombed the Circle Line train at Aldgate

Tanweer, 22, lived at Colwyn Road, Leeds, and was known as a friendly, respected young man. He was a keen cricketer and worked occasionally for his father, the owner of South Leeds Fisheries, a well known chip shop in Beeston.

He reportedly attended Wortley High School before moving on to Leeds Metropolitan University to study sports science.

Tanweer's family originally came from Faisalabad in Pakistan, although he was born in Bradford on December 15 1982. He grew up with his brother and two sisters in Yorkshire but according to his uncle, Mohamed Azfal, spent six months in Pakistan and Afghanistan last year

Detectives believe that Tanweer hired a Nissan Micra in Leeds and drove to Luton last Wednesday, where he and met the other three bombers

Hasib Mir Hussain

Bombed the Number 30 bus that exploded in Tavistock Square

The youngest of the bombers, Hussain, 19, lived in the Holbeck suburb of Leeds and reportedly attended Matthew Murray High School. His home in Colenso Mount was raided yesterday.

Hussain was known as an outgoing, gregarious boy who drank and dated girls, until he visited Pakistan two years ago. On his return his friends found he had become deeply religious.

It was Hussain's body, found on the bus with the distinctive decapitation injuries of a suicide bomber, which led investigators to Leeds. Police identified him quickly from his credit cards, and from a phone call from his distraught mother who reported him missing at 10:20pm on the evening of the bombings.

Hussain's mother described the clothes he was wearing, which allowed investigators to spot him on CCTV footage taken from King's Cross, standing and talking to three other men with rucksacks.

A neighbour in Leeds who asked not to be named, said: "The lad was born here. He lived here all his life. They were very, very nice people. We all knew them but I wouldn’t say I knew them well. They were just a very nice family."

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