THE JULY 7 bomb factory used by the Yorkshire suicide bombers has been recreated by the New York police.

The flat in Burley, Leeds, has been replicated exactly as it was found by police.

Police in the US have made an exact replica of the Alexandra Grove flat where the men behind the 7/7 attacks concocted their deadly explosives.

The replica of the flat will be used to train police in New York about the use of home-made explosives for terror attacks.

The discarded ingredients at the bomb factory have been reconstructed exactly as they were found by police.

The bombers included Mohammed Sidique Khan, of Thornhill Lees, and Jermaine Lindsay, from Rawthorpe.

The bombers used household products to make the explosives which killed 52 people on Tube trains and a bus.

Following instructions available on the internet the four men from West Yorkshire mixed chemicals found in nail varnish remover and hair dye in a bath filled with ice, wearing rubber gloves and showercaps for protection.

The finished product was a volatile explosive stored in jars, which was used to kill 52 people and injure hundreds more in the 2005 attacks.

Prof Alastair Hay, a toxicologist from Leeds University, said: "I think we just have to be relieved that the majority of people don't want to make explosives.

"You can easily find out how to make explosives. If people want to make these things the agents they want to use are common and readily available."

The Burley flat now has a new tenant, John Langland, who previously lived nearby.

He said he had noticed a strange smell from the flat in the weeks leading up to the attacks.

He said: "I think it was that strong around this area that it affected and killed all the plants.

"They have just started growing back now. That is how long it has taken."