London bombings: Profile of victims

During the vigil for the bombing victims, Mayor Ken Livingstone described London as 'the whole world in one city'. The roll of dead and missing underlined how the attack struck across the rainbow population.

Among them were a Romanian dental technician, a Nigerian oil executive, an accountant from Mauritius and a 24-year-old from Lyon in France who moved to Britain three weeks ago. A striking number were young adults embarking on their lives with dreams that will never be realised.

The stories below are typical.

Anthony Fatayi-Williams

Anthony Fatayi-Williams' mother Marie, an oil executive, flew in from Nigeria to deliver an emotional speech at the bombsite that has become one of the defining moments of the tragedy. "How many mothers' hearts must be maimed?" she asked, paying touching tribute to her 26-year-old son as a "world citizen".

The Nigerian-born oil company executive was killed in the explosion on the No 30 bus in Tavistock Square as he made his way to work after helping those caught up in the Tube bombings. Friends of Fatayi-Williams described him as an "inspirational" young man who looked after his two younger sisters, one of who had Down syndrome, and in his rare leisure time was the "maddest guy there was".

Phil Beer

Phil Beer, 22, a hair stylist, was identified by a DNA test as being among those who died in the Piccadilly Line bomb blast near King's Cross. He had been on his way to work with his friend Patrick Barnes - a colleague at the Sanrizz salon in Knightsbridge. Barnes survived. For a while Beer's parents had taken encouragement that he was heard to say in the carriage: "I am okay. I am okay."

Beer, who had started the stylist's job just two weeks ago, lived in Borehamwood with his parents and his sister Stacy, who was also on the train and injured in the blast. Co-workers said he was "a born entertainer who lived life to the full" and had "a fantastic personality that was full of character".

Ciaran Cassidy

Ciaran Cassidy, who studied leisure and tourism at college, was the affable, happy-go-lucky son of a close-knit Roman Catholic family in Finsbury Park, London.

He was on his way to work at a stationery shop in Chancery Lane when last seen, and died between Russell Square and King's Cross.

After extensive checks of the hospitals since the blasts for any news of the shop worker, Cassidy's father Sean said: "We have no hope whatsoever. I believe he is gone."

Benedetta Ciaccia

On the day of the blasts, Benedetta Ciaccia took the 6.30am train from Norwich, a town northeast of London, to Liverpool St in the capital's financial district. The 30-year-old Italian-born business analyst, arrived there at 8:40am. What happened next is unclear. She sent a text message from an underground train to her Muslim fiance at 7am and hasn't been heard from since. She and her fiance, Fiaz Bhatti, were due to get married in September.

Karolina Gluck

When Richard Deer and girlfriend Karolina Gluck kissed goodbye as she left for work at 8.30am last Thursday, they were both excited about leaving London that evening for a romantic weekend in Paris. But Deer has not seen her since. Polish-born Gluck, 29, an administrator at the Goodenough College in St Pancras, lived with her twin sister Magda in Finsbury Park. She boarded the Piccadilly Line at Finsbury Park station heading towards Russell Square on the morning of the bomb blasts.

Friends of Gluck, who moved to London three years ago, have enlarged her picture to poster size, telling those who might have seen her of her "distinct blue eyes" and pierced belly button. Her sister Magda said: "The worst thing is waiting for a phone call."

Jamie Gordon

The family of Jamie Gordon, 30, from Enfield, north London, said he had "touched many people's lives". His body was recovered from the Tavistock Square bus.

A statement released by his family and partner Yvonne Nash described him as a "kind, caring person who always put other people first". The statement said: "He was very much in love with Yvonne and finally settling down with plans for a wedding and family." He came from a large and close family, and spent his formative years in Zimbabwe where he developed a love for horse riding and tennis. He was an accomplished guitar player and singer.

Marie Hartley

Marie Hartley, 34, lived with her husband David and two children in Greater Manchester. She is believed to have been just feet away from the bomb which exploded on the bus. She was on her way to an exhibition with colleague Camille Scott who was seriously injured. Both women worked at greetingcard-makers Hambledon Studios near Hartley's home in Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire.

Her boss, David Dean, said: "Marie has worked for us for 18 years and is very well-known and liked."

Neetu Jain

Neetu Jain, a 37-year-old computer analyst, vanished after the Euston station evacuation. She had called her boyfriend and sister to let them know she was safe and would be catching a bus to her office. That was the last anyone heard from her.

Jain's loved ones fear the north London woman escaped the carnage on the subway only to catch the ill-fated No 30 double-decker bus that exploded at Tavistock Square at 9.47am.

Susan Levy

Susan Levy, 53, from Cuffley, Hertfordshire, was the first victim of the London bombings to be formally identified. She had travelled in to London with one of her two adult sons, before they went their separate ways for work. Levy, who lived with her husband, Harry and sons, had travelled to Finsbury Park in north London by overground train with her younger son Jamie, 23. Her husband, a London black cab driver, issued a statement saying: "Susan was a devoted and much-loved wife and mother of two sons. We are all devastated by our loss. She was a valued and respected member of her extended Jewish family and will be deeply mourned and sadly missed by us and her many friends."

James Mayes

The family of James Mayes, 28, an analyst for the Healthcare Commission, said they had not had a visit from the police yet, only a phone call saying the family might have to supply DNA to identify him. His sister Rachel Mayes, 31, a primary-school teacher, said: "It's our own personal hell." He is believed to have travelled through King's Cross station on his way to a seminar.

Philip Russell

The body of Philip Russell, 28, from Kennington, South London, was also recovered from the Tavistock Square bus blast site. On Thursday morning he called his parents and then his bosses at JP Morgan to say he was just getting on a bus and was going to be late. His father Grahame, 62, said because the Tube had not stopped at his son's usual stop of Moorgate, he had ended up in unfamiliar Euston and had taken the wrong bus.

He said: "He's a wonderful kid who was in the wrong place at the wrong time." His flatmate Caroline Hall should have been with him on Monday to celebrate his 29th birthday. Instead, she laid his birthday card among the flowers to those missing.

Shahara A Islam

Shahara A Islam, 20, a British-Bangladeshi woman, lived with her parents in Plaistow, east London. She worked as a cashier at the Co-operative Bank at Angel, Islington.

Her family went to Britain in the 1960s from Bangladesh. A devout Muslim who had attended her mosque every Friday with her close-knit family, Shahara also loved designer handbags, designer clothes and going out with her friends. Her father, Shamsul, 44, is a bus supervisor for London Transport, while her mother, Rumena, 40, is a housewife who looks after her 17-year-old brother and 13-year-old sister.

Fiona Stevenson

Fiona Stevenson was a 29-year-old lawyer, who dreamed of a job with the United Nations. She was last heard of at 8.30am on Thursday when she rang work to say she was running late. She never turned up at the Reynolds Dawson office. Stevenson, of Danbury, Essex, has worked at the practice since 2003, specialising in criminal law. She was an expert in in serious fraud, extradition and regulatory work and was a duty solicitor at court, and police stations. This year she was due to take a three-month sabbatical to advise the Government in Belize.

Monika Suchocka

Monika Suchocka, 23, called her office just before Thursday's bombings to say she would be late for work because she had to take the bus instead of the Tube. She has not been heard from since. Her father Edmund feared the worst about his daughter, who had moved from Poland to London in April for a course in economics. He had last spoken to his daughter, who graduated from Poznan Economic Academy, the Sunday before the bombers struck. British police went to the small farming town of Dabrowka Malborska in northern Poland on Wednesday to retrieve Suchocka's dental records, her brother, Marcin, told the Associated Press.