POLICE were searching homes in Leeds yesterday where two of the July 7 suicide bombers lived.

Officers from West Yorkshire and the Metropolitan Police forces carried out the searches as part of their investigation into the London bombings, which killed 52 innocent people.

A West Yorkshire Police spokeswoman said: "The searches were part of an ongoing inquiry by officers from West Yorkshire Police and the Metropolitan Police as a result of inquiries into the July 7 London bombings."

A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "Officers from the Anti-Terrorist Branch, supported by officers from West Yorkshire Police, executed search warrants at a combined residential and business premises in South Yorkshire.

"Searches are on-going. No arrests have been made.

"This is in connection with the terrorist attack in London on July 7."

Bus bomber Hasib Mir Hussain, 18, lived in the Leeds district of Holbeck. Hussain blew himself up on the Number 30 bus in Tavistock Square, killing 13 people.

Aldgate bomber Shehzad Tanweer, 22, lived with his parents in the Beeston area of Leeds and was responsible for killing seven people on the London Underground.