Detectives are piecing together the lives of four home-grown young men suspected of being Britain's first suicide bombers.
And they were hunting the plotters and the planners behind the terror attack that brought carnage to the capital amid fears there may be more volunteers ready to die for their cause.
There was shock and disbelief in West Yorkshire at the news that three of the suspected bombers may have came from the county.
Details of the men, one of whom was still a teenager, began to emerge after a series of dramatic raids on homes in the Leeds area yesterday.
Detectives have also revealed that documents belonging to the four - aged between 19 and 30 and at least three of whom were British - were recovered at the scenes of the four blasts, which left 52 dead.
Shehzad Tanweer, 22, of Beeston, Leeds, the son of a local fish and chip shop owner, is thought by police to be one of the suicide bombers who struck the capital last Thursday.More on the London Blasts
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Police believe he blew himself up on the Aldgate Tube train.
The cricket-loving sports science graduate is among three men from West Yorkshire and another, thought to be from Luton, who are believed to be the perpetrators of the attacks.
His semi-detached home in the Beeston area, where he had lived all his life, was sealed off by police yesterday as inquiries were carried out across West Yorkshire.
Friends claimed he had travelled to Afghanistan and Pakistan within the last six months, prompting fears he may have attended an al Qaida training camp.
Hasib Mir Hussain, a 19-year-old from Leeds, is believed to have blown himself up on the No 30 bus in Tavistock Square.Talk About It
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It is known that his driving licence and cash cards were found in the mangled wreckage of the bus on which 13 people died.
He had told his parents he was going to London with friends on the day of the attacks and at 10.20pm last Thursday his mother reported him missing to the police - apparently fearing he may have been caught in the tragedy.
Hussain lived in the Leeds suburb of Holbeck with his parents.
Documents belonging to a third suspect, named in reports as Mohammed Sadique Khan, a 30-year-old from Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, were found in the debris of the Edgware Road blast.
He was married with an eight-month-old baby, according to reports.
All three men were believed to have been friends but not related.
Scotland Yard confirmed a relative of one of the suspects was arrested in West Yorkshire yesterday and was being brought to London to be quizzed by the Anti-Terrorist Branch.
A fourth bomber is thought to have lived in the Luton area and the West Yorkshire men are understood to have used hire cars to travel to Luton last Thursday morning.
Stunned people in Leeds woke to the news Wednesday morning that a possible suicide bomber had lived among them.
Residents in Colwyn Road, Beeston, said they were "horrified'' and "stunned'' by the disclosure that Shehzad Tanweer may have been one of the London Underground bombers.
Joyce Dalley, 72, a retired factory worker, said: "This is too awful for the community to take in.
"It will do a tremendous amount of damage to the area.
"I think Leeds, and particularly Beeston, will now always be associated with bombers and murder.''
Cab driver Ash Taziq, 25, said: "I have lived here all my life. I am just horrified, stunned and disgusted that the bombers come from round here. Beeston has its fair share of problems but nothing that could warrant this.''
Zaher Birawi, chairman of Leeds Grand Mosque, expressed anger and sadness that three of the bombers appeared to have come from the city.
"It is nothing to do with Islam at all. The main concern in the community now is what will happen next, what is the reaction of the community.
"We hope there will be no more Islamophobic attacks on our community, especially we have heard more than 400 attacks being reported to the Muslim safety forum through the country.''
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