1993 Camden Town bombing

IRA attack in, London, England August 2019 event February 2022 the Troubles 1993 Camden Town bombing Camden High Street, London, 9 September 2005 pk1.jpg Camden High Street in 2005 Camden Town, London, United Kingdom Camden High Street 27 February 1993 12:52 UTC Bomb 0 18 Provisional Irish Republican Army The 1993 Camden Town bombing occurred on 27 February 1993, when a bomb exploded in Camden High Street, London, injuring 18 people. The Provisional IRA was responsible, planting the explosive in a litter bin and targeting people on the busiest day of the week, Saturday, after midday. One of the injured was Swedish tourist Jennie Erikson, 22.http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/heritage/camden-high-street-bombing-remembered-25-years-later-1-5409920 Camden High Street bombing remembered 25 years later Jon King 27 February 2018 28 April 2018 The IRA gave a coded telephone warning that a bomb was planted at a Kentucky Fried Chicken fast food store in the north end of High Street, near Camden Lock Market. Police unknowingly moved people towards the bomb's path in the south end 400 yards away.https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/ira-bomb-blast-hurts-18-in-high-street-crowded-with-shoppers-1475830.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/ira-bomb-blast-hurts-18-in-high-street-crowded-with-shoppers-1475830.html 1 May 2022 subscription live IRA bomb blast hurts 18 in high street crowded with shoppers Independent.co.uk 28 February 1993 28 April 2018 Scotland Yard chief Bernard Luckhurst said the misleading warnings of the bomb were "clearly designed" to kill or injure as many as it could.https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/02/28/Police-say-misleading-warnings-given-before-bomb-blast/9160730875600/ Police say misleading warnings given before bomb blast UPI en 2019-02-04 Earlier the IRA sent a warning about a bomb in Oxford Street, which also had to be evacuated by police. The attack occurred a day after the Warrington bomb attacks.https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-02-28-mn-428-story.html Bomb Explodes on Busy London Shopping Street; 18 Injured William Tuohy 28 February 1993 28 April 2018 LA Times See also Chronology of Provisional Irish Republican Army actions (1992–1999) 1993 Harrods bombing References collapsed London Category:1993 crimes in the United Kingdom Category:1993 in London Category:1993 explosions Category:Provisional IRA bombings in London Category:Terrorist incidents in the United Kingdom in 1993 Category:February 1993 in the United Kingdom Category:Crime in the London Borough of Camden Category:20th century in the London Borough of Camden