1993 Finchley Road bombings
Provisional IRA attack in London, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Finchley Road bombings occurred on 2 October 1993, when the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) detonated three time bombs on Finchley Road in north London, England. Telephoned warnings were sent six minutes beforehand, at approximately 00:26 UTC, but five people were injured from falling glass as a result of the blasts, and damage was caused to some shops and flats in the surrounding area. The three bombs were planted outside a Domino's Pizza restaurant, a travel agent, and offices of the St. Pancras Building Society. Later, anti-terrorist officers discovered and subsequently safely detonated a fourth bomb in a controlled environment, 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the initial bombings, in Golders Green. Two days later, on 4 October, the IRA detonated four more bombs in north London, two in Tottenham Lane and two more in Archway Road resulting in four injuries.
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Location | Finchley Road, Hampstead, London, England | |||||||
Date | 2 October 1993 00:26 (UTC) | |||||||
Target | Civilians | |||||||
Attack type | Time bombs | |||||||
Deaths | 0 | |||||||
Injured | 5 | |||||||
Perpetrator | Provisional Irish Republican Army |
The bombings were branded as "cowardly" by Home Secretary Michael Howard. They were the first IRA bombings in the capital for over five months. Following the bombings, the IRA phoned a Dublin radio station claiming responsibility for the attack.