NEVER before seen images of a brutal London bomb attack have been released to the public, 25 years to the day after it happened.

Yesterday the City of London Police released images of the devastating crime scene in the middle of Bishopsgate in 1993.

The IRA attack in the heart of London’s Square Mile caused £350million worth of damage, injured 44 people, and killed Ed Henty, a News of the World photographer.

Robert Carter, 37, of Pitsea, lost his sister, Danielle, a year earlier in an explosion at the Baltic Exchange on April 10, 1992, and knows what these attacks do to families left behind.

Following the release of the photos, Mr Carter told The Echo that they are necessary for the public to see, however, they bring back memories of the tragedies in 1992 and the subsequent one on April 24, 1993.

He said: “I think releasing the images makes you realise what London is going through and what the city has been through in the past, and that it is now going full circle.

“It shows people that this land has been involved in terrorism for generations. Whenever attacks happen nowadays, it brings back a lot of memories.

“The people who lost family members in those bombings are going to be reminded of what happened again. It is something they may not want to be reminded of again but for other people, it is educational.”

Recalling the destruction of the day PC Richard Fullbrook said: “You could see the smoke coming up from the vicinity of Bishopsgate and the first thing that struck you was the taller buildings.

“The damage to, what was then, Natwest Tower, and places like that. It was total devastation.

“There was this huge plume of water coming out everywhere and the St Ethelburga’s Church was just rubble.”

PC Joanne Richardson added: “Everything from the ground had been blown up and thrown into my face.

“I was off work for three to four weeks but it’s the emotional and psychological effects that stay with you for a lot longer.”