THE inquest into the deaths of 52 people killed during the July 7 terror attacks has ruled they were all victims of “unlawful killing”.

However, coroner Lady Justice Heather Hallett decided none of the dead could have survived, despite claims of slow responses from the emergency services.

Twenty-one people from Barnet, Wembley, Haringey, Enfield and Borehamwood were killed when four terrorists linked to al Qaeda detonated homemade bombs on three Tube trains and a bus in 2005.

Today's hearing concluded six months of “intense public scrutiny of the relevant issues”, which included examination of police and security service monitoring of the bombers before the killing.

However, the coroner told the Royal Courts of Justice: “The evidence I have heard does not justify the conclusion any failings by any organisation or individual caused the deaths.”

She added: “I am satisfied on balance of probabilities, that each victim would have died whatever time the emergency services had arrived."

During her 45-minute address she also praised the families and survivors, who were among 300 people to give evidence in person, for their “fairness and moderation” during the proceedings.

Describing the bombings as “dreadful acts of terrorism” she said there would be no inquests into the deaths of the four bombers, Mohammed Sidique Khan, Germaine Lindsay, Hasib Hussain and Shehzad Tanweer.

The coroner said there had been “no reasonable stone left unturned” during the intensive evidence giving process, and said she had “run out of superlatives” for the members of the public who risked their lives to help those injured and dying.