Top cop tells of 'grotesque' attack scene

THE former head of Scotland Yard's anti-terror branch has recalled the grisly task his officers faced as they searched for evidence left by the 7/7 bombers.

- BY NICK SOMMERLAD Investigations Editor

Peter Clarke, who visited the Piccadilly line attack scene, said of the aftermath: "I won't go into the details because it was grotesque.

"If you can imagine a bomb having gone off in a crowded tube train and killed 26 people, you can imagine what was down there.

"The teams were working in extreme heat. There was vermin all over the place and lots of human remains that had to be treated with the utmost dignity."