List of terrorist incidents in London
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London bombings can refer to various bomb attacks and other terrorist incidents in London, England:
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[edit] Islamic extremist attacks
The July 2005 London bombings carried out by British Islamist terrorists:
[edit] IRA attacks
Numerous attacks carried out by the Provisional Irish Republican Army:
[edit] 1990-1999
- February 18, 1996: An improvised high explosive device detonates prematurely on a bus travelling along Aldwych in central London, killing Edward O'Brien, the IRA operative transporting the device and injuring eight others.
- February 15, 1996: A 5 lb bomb placed in a telephone booth is disarmed by Police on the Charing Cross Road.
- February 9, 1996: IRA bombs the South Quay Docklands railway station, killing two people. (see South Quay bombing
- April 24, 1993: IRA detonate a huge truck bomb in the City of London at Bishopsgate, killing two and causing approximately £350m of damage.
- 16 November 1992: IRA plants a bomb at the Canary Wharf, but is spotted by security guards. The bomb is deactivated safely.
- October 12, 1992: A device explodes in the gents' toilet of the Sussex Arms public house in Covent Garden killing one person and injuring four others.
- April 10, 1992: A large bomb explodes in St Mary Axe in the City of London killing three people and injuring 91. Many buildings are heavily damaged and the Baltic Exchange is completely destroyed.
- February 28, 1992: A bomb explodes at London Bridge station injuring 29 people.
- February 18, 1991: A bomb explodes at Victoria Station. One man is killed and 38 people injured.
- July 20, 1990: London Stock Exchange, the IRA exploded a large bomb at the London Stock Exchange causing massive damage.
- May 16, 1990: Wembley IRA detonate a bomb underneath a minibus killing Sgt Charles Chapman (The Queen's Regiment) and injuring another soldier. No one was ever convicted of Sgt Chapmans murder.
[edit] 1980-1989
- December 17, 1983: Harrods was bombed by the IRA. Six people were killed (including three police officers) and 90 wounded during Christmas shopping at the West London department store. (See 17 December 1983 Harrods bombing)
- July 20, 1982: Two bombs in Hyde Park and Regent's Park, London by the IRA kill 11 members of the Household Cavalry and the Royal Green Jackets. Seven horses are also killed.
- October 10, 1981: a bomb blast on Ebury Bridge Road in London kills two people and injures 39.
[edit] 1970-1979
- A string of bomb attacks on targets in London by the Balcombe Street gang in 1973 and 1974.
- An IRA bomb exploded in the Post Office Tower (today called the BT Tower) on October 31, 1971, resulting in the building's permanent closure to the public.[1]
[edit] Other
- David Copeland's nail bomb attacks against ethnic minorities and gay people in London which killed three people and injured over 160 in April 1999.
- Middle Eastern terrorism
- A large car bomb exploded outside the Israeli Embassy in London, injuring 20 people on the 26 July 1994.
- On Boxing Day 1983 a bomb exploded outside a Marks and Spencers supermarket, seriously injuring two people. Although the IRA was initially blamed, it later emerged that the Abu Nidal Organisation was responsible. [2]
- The Blitz - Strategic bombing by the Luftwaffe during World War II against a range of targets across the UK, particularly concentrating on London.
- London was bombed several times during World War I, see Aviation in World War I for information.
- The first bomb on the London Underground system exploded on a Metropolitan Line train at Gower Street (now Euston Square) station in January 1885.
- A bomb attack on the Greenwich Observatory by a French anarchist in 1894 became famous due to being referenced in Joseph Conrad's book The Secret Agent.[3]
- Fenian attacks
- On 25 January, 1885 Fenians detonated bombs at a number of locations in central London, including London Bridge, the House of Commons and the Tower of London.[4]
- In 1883 a co-ordinated attack at several public buildings across London resulted in a number of explosions, including one within Scotland Yard itself, the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service.[5]
- In 1867 a bomb planted by Fenians at Clerkenwell Prison exploded, killing several passers-by.[6]
