1993 Harrods bombing

IRA attack in London, England the 1993 bombing the 1983 bombing Harrods bombing event February 2022 April 2022 the Troubles 1993 Harrods bombing Brompton Rd, London looking north from Harrod's - geograph.org.uk - 2614.jpg Brompton Road, looking north from Harrods in 1993 Knightsbridge, London, United Kingdom Harrods 28 January 1993 09:40 UTC Bomb 0 4 Provisional Irish Republican Army The 1993 Harrods bombing occurred on 28 January 1993 when a bomb exploded near the Harrods department store in London, England. Background The Provisional IRA began intensifying its bombings in London in 1992. A month before the Harrods bomb, on 10 December 1992 the IRA exploded two bombs in litter bins outside the Wood Green Shopping City centre injuring four police officers and seven civilians.Bennett Will Police and shoppers injured in bomb blasts https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/police-and-shoppers-injured-in-bomb-blasts-1562819.html The Independent 11 December 1992 Independent Digital News & Media Ltd 15 January 2023 A week later on 17 December two more IRA bombs exploded in London outside shops injuring four people at Oxford Street and Cavendish Square.Schmidt William E 4 Hurt as 2 I.R.A. Bombs Go Off on Busy London Shopping Street The New York Times New York City 17 December 1992 https://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/17/world/4-hurt-as-2-ira-bombs-go-off-on-busy-london-shopping-street.html 5 January 2013 Bombing On 28 January 1993 a bomb exploded near the Harrods department store in London, England. At 9:14, two telephoned warnings were issued, saying that two bombs had been planted: one outside and one inside Harrods.https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/four-hurt-by-ira-bomb-outside-harrods-1481378.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/four-hurt-by-ira-bomb-outside-harrods-1481378.html 1 May 2022 subscription live Four hurt by IRA bomb outside Harrods – UK, News The Independent 29 January 1993 19 February 2010 London, UK Will Bennett The store was due to open at 10:00. Police cordoned off the area and began a search. However, some bystanders ignored the police cordon. At about 9:40, a package containing 1 lb g of Semtex exploded in a litter bin at the front of the store. It injured four people and damaged the shopfront.The Irish War: the hidden conflict between the IRA and British Intelligence Tony Geraghty Tony Geraghty JHUPress 2000 0-8018-6456-9 163 registration https://archive.org/details/irishwarhiddenco00mrto/page/163 The cost of damage and lost sales was estimated at £1 million.https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/charge-of-the-new-red-brigade-1570278.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/charge-of-the-new-red-brigade-1570278.html 1 May 2022 subscription live Charge of the New Red Brigade The Independent 29 January 1995 8 February 2012 London, UK Matt Seaton Harrods was previously targeted by the IRA before, first two firebombs in August 1973 caused minor damage,Shuster Alvin 2 IN LONDON HURT BY A LETTER BOMB; High Stock Exchange Aide Injured—Scotland Yard Officially Blames I.R.A. The New York Times 25 August 1973 https://www.nytimes.com/1973/08/25/archives/2-in-london-hurt-by-a-letter-bomb-high-stock-exchange-aide.html 20 December 2022 in 1974 the IRA's active service unit known as the Balcombe Street Gang exploded another firebomb gutting a clothes shop inside the store and injuring one member of staff and in 1983 a car bomb killed six (3 civilians and 3 police) and injured 90 people, the 1993 bomb was much smaller than the 1983 one. Perpetrators Those responsible were English Irish nationalist activists associated with the Provisional IRA: Jan Taylor, a 51-year-old former corporal who had served in the British Army Royal Signals Corps, and Patrick Hayes, a 41-year-old computer programmer of Irish descent, with a degree in business studies from Polytechnic of Central London and a member of Red Action. In March 1993, police captured them at Hayes' home in Stoke Newington, London.Terrorism, 1992–1995: a chronology of events and a selectively annotated bibliography Edward Mickolus Greenwood Press 1997 0-313-30468-8 282 They each received prison sentences of 30 years for the January Harrods bombing and for a second attack on a train a month later which caused extensive damage but no casualties. Hayes was also convicted of conspiracy to cause three additional explosions in 1992. Neither man had any apparent links to Ireland beyond their "unswerving support for the IRA".https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/proud-ira-bombers-jailed-for-30-years-police-remain-mystified-why-two-englishmen-who-had-no-apparent-1435755.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/proud-ira-bombers-jailed-for-30-years-police-remain-mystified-why-two-englishmen-who-had-no-apparent-1435755.html 1 May 2022 subscription live 'Proud' IRA bombers jailed for 30 years: Police remain mystified why two Englishmen, who had no apparent connections with Ireland, became terrorists. Ward Stephen May 13, 1994 The Independent April 28, 2018 London, UK Both were released in 1999 under the Good Friday Agreement.July 2020 See also Chronology of Provisional Irish Republican Army actions (1992–1999) Harrods bombing (1983) Oxford Street bombing (1974) Stoke Newington Road lorry bomb (1992) 1993 Camden Town bombing 1993 Bishopsgate bombing Warrington bombings (1993) References 51 29 59 N 00 09 49 W region:GB title Category:1993 crimes in the United Kingdom Category:1993 in London Category:1993 building bombings Category:Marketplace attacks in the United Kingdom Category:Provisional IRA bombings in London Category:Terrorist incidents in the United Kingdom in 1993 Category:Terrorist incidents in London in the 1990s Category:January 1993 in the United Kingdom Category:Building bombings in London