Muslim artist sparks outrage with angelic tribute to 7/7 suicide bombers

A Muslim artist has sparked outrage with his depiction of the ripped-apart bus destroyed in the 7/7 terror attacks.

The artwork shows four angels flying above the bombed bus - the same number of Al Qaeda terrorists who took part in the atrocity which left 52 commuters dead and maimed hundreds more on London’s transport network.

Also seen are scores of ghostly souls shooting from the number 30 bus, which was travelling through Tavistock Square when it was devastated by suicide bomber Hasib Hussain.

Sickeningly, the £3,500 artwork, called Age of Shiva, is on display just one mile from where the 13 innocent commuters were killed as they travelled on the bus through central London.

The blast happened just after 9.45am on July 7, 2005 at the junction of Woburn Square and Tavistock Place.

The explosion ripped the roof off the top deck of the vehicle and completely wrecked the back of the bus. Witnesses reported seeing ‘half a bus flying through the air’.

The first of the four bomb attacks that day was around 8.50am on a Circle line train travelling between Liverpool Street and Aldgate, the second explosion was on another Circle line train which had just left Edgware Road on the way to Paddington and the third of the Tube attacks happened on a Piccadilly line train travelling between King’s Cross St. Pancras and Russell Square.

As well as the 52 deaths from the bombings, more than 700 people were injured in the attacks, which were carried out by Hassib, Mohammed Sidique Khan, Shehzad Tanweer and Jermain Lindsay.

The artist behind the offensive black and white print, ex-Tube graffitist Mark Sinckler, 40, has said: ‘I want to shock.’

John Falding, whose partner Anat Rosenberg died in the Tavistock Square attack, said the artwork was ‘unnecessary’ and ‘upsetting’ to see.

The timing couldn’t be worse for the artwork, which has gone on show during the long-awaited inquests into the attacks

Since October 11, the Royal Courts of Justice have heard harrowing evidence from survivors and victims’ families.

The picture is part of an exhibition organised by Pictures on Walls, who market the work of Bristol-based graffiti artist Banksy.

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