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First ID of London bombing victim made

Police in London have made the first positive identification of a victim of the terrorist attacks which hit the British capital last Thursday as the city got back to business after a weekend of mourning and memorials.

Scotland Yard identified the victim as Susan Levy, 53, of Hertford (north of London) and an investigation into her death will open Monday at St. Pancras Coroner`s Court in London.

Her husband, Henry Levy, said in a statement released to the press that his wife was killed while traveling to work in central London, not long after she and one of her two adult sons parted at the Finsbury Park station in north London.

"She continued her journey by traveling on the train that was victim of one of the appalling terrorist attacks that claimed so many lives," the statement said, adding that Levy died in the blast near King`s Cross station. "We are all distraught at her needless loss and our thoughts and prayers are also with the many other families affected by this horrendous tragedy."

On a somewhat lighter counterpoint to the terror attacks, huge crowds gathered outside London`s Buckingham Palace on Sunday for a huge ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.

The commemoration of that major victory and the crowds attending the festivities could not have been a more clear message that terrorism will not keep Britons down.