Brighton hotel bombing
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"Brighton bomb" and "Brighton bombing" redirect here. For the Angelic Upstarts album, see Brighton Bomb (album). For the Second World War bombings, see Brighton Blitz.
On 12 October 1984, the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) attempted to assassinate members of the British government at the Grand Hotel in Brighton, England. A long-delay time bomb was planted in the hotel by Patrick Magee before Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet arrived for the Conservative Party conference.[2] Five people were killed, including the Conservative MP and Deputy Chief Whip Sir Anthony Berry, and a further 31 were injured. Thatcher narrowly escaped the explosion.[3][4]
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Brighton hotel bombing | |
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Part of the Troubles | |
Location | Grand Hotel, Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK |
Coordinates | 50°49′17″N 0°08′50″W |
Date | 12 October 1984; 39 years ago (1984-10-12) 2:54 am (BST) |
Target | Margaret Thatcher[lower-alpha 1] |
Attack type | Bombing |
Weapons | Time bomb |
Deaths | 5 |
Injured | 31 |
Perpetrator | Provisional IRA |
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