Suicide bomber may have been ’brainwashed’, says family

The family of one of the London suicide bombers today said he may have been “brainwashed” into carrying out such an evil act.

Seven people, including the bomber, died in the Edgware Road blast on July 7, which was one of four devastating explosions across the capital.

The number of people killed in the atrocity rose to 55 today after a man died overnight at the Royal London Hospital, in the East End.

Of the dead, 41 have been positively identified by police and 31 named publicly.

Today the family of Mohammad Sidique Khan expressed their sympathy to the victims, their friends and family.

In a statement through West Yorkshire Police, they urged anyone with any information to contact detectives in order to “expose these terror networks who target and groom our sons to carry out such evils”.

The statement went on: “The Khan family would like to sincerely express their deepest and heartfelt sympathies to all the innocent victims and their families and friends affected by this horrific and evil act.

“We are devastated that our son may have been brainwashed into carrying out such an atrocity, since we know him as a kind and caring member of our family.”

Khan lived in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire with his wife and their young daughter.

The message from his family came after it emerged that he had attended Parliament last year as the guest of a Labour MP.

The 30-year-old learning mentor worked at Hillside Primary School in Leeds and met Labour MP Jon Trickett in July 2004, whose wife Sarah is headteacher at the school.

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