2001 BBC bombing

2001 Real IRA attack on the BBC headquarters in London April 2014 April 2020 4 March 2001 BBC bombing the Dissident Irish Republican campaign BBC_Television_Centre,_Wood_Lane,_London_W12_-_geograph.org.uk_-_686894.jpg The BBC Television Centre on Wood Lane White City, London, United Kingdom 51.5113 -0.2248 type:event_region:GB-HMF it BBC Television Centre 4 March 2001 12:30 am GMT Car bomb 0 1 Noel Maguire, Robert Hulme, Aiden Hulme, James McCormack and John Hannan collapsed The 2001 BBC bombing was a bomb attack on the BBC's main news centre within BBC Television Centre, on Wood Lane in the White City area of West London. History At 12:27 am (0027 UTC) on 4 March 2001, the Real IRA, a dissident Irish republican group, detonated a car bomb outside the BBC's main news centre within BBC Television Centre, on Wood Lane in the White City area of West London.Bomb blast outside BBC BBC News Online 4 March 2001 https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1201273.stmHoge Warren https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/05/world/bbc-in-london-bombed-outlaw-ira-is-blamed.html BBC in London Bombed; Outlaw I.R.A. Is Blamed 2001-03-05 The New York Times 2020-03-24 en-US 0362-4331http://edition.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/UK/03/04/britain.blast/ CNN.com - Real IRA blamed for BBC blast - March 4, 2001 CNN 2020-03-24 Between ten and twenty pounds (approximately 4.5 to 9 kilograms) of high explosives had been placed in a red taxi (erroneously identified in early reports as a black taxi). The taxi was purchased on the morning of 3 March in Edmonton, north London, and abandoned yards from the main front door of BBC Television Centre at 11 pm.BBC bomb prompts terror warning BBC News Online 5 March 2001 https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1201444.stm Police officers were attempting to carry out a controlled explosion on the bomb with a bomb disposal robot when it went off. Staff had already been evacuated after police received a coded warning that had been given to a London hospital and charity one hour before the explosion. There were no fatalities, though one London Underground worker suffered cuts to his eye caused by glass debris.Bomb blast outside BBC BBC News Online 4 March 2001 https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1200999.stm BBC cameraman Jon Brotherton caught the moment of the explosion and the resulting damage—which included numerous smashed windows in the front entrance—was seen as day broke.In pictures: BBC bomb blast BBC News Online 4 March 2001 https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1201203.stm Conviction The bomb was part of a Real IRA bombing campaign which included the Ealing bombing on 2 August 2001 and an attempted bombing in Birmingham city centre on 3 November 2001.https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/real-ira-team-convicted-of-plotting-bbc-bomb-blast-593877.html https://web.archive.org/web/20090809232906/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/real-ira-team-convicted-of-plotting-bbc-bomb-blast-593877.html dead 9 August 2009 London The Independent Real IRA team convicted of plotting BBC bomb blast 9 April 2023 Later in November, three men—Noel Maguire, Robert Hulme, and his brother Aiden Hulme—were arrested in connection with all three bomb attacks. They were convicted at the Old Bailey on 9 April 2003,https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/real-ira-team-convicted-of-plotting-bbc-bomb-blast-114366.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/real-ira-team-convicted-of-plotting-bbc-bomb-blast-114366.html 1 May 2022 subscription Real IRA team convicted of plotting BBC bomb blast 2003-04-09 The Independent en 2020-03-24 together with two other men—James McCormack, of County Louth, and John Hannan, of Newtownbutler, County Fermanagh, both of whom had already admitted the charge at an earlier hearing.Deans Jason https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/jan/22/broadcasting.bbc1 Two plead guilty to BBC bombing 2003-01-22 The Guardian 2020-03-24 en-GB 0261-3077 The Hulme brothers were both jailed for 20 years; Maguire, who the judge said played "a major part in the bombing conspiracy", was sentenced to 22 years; McCormack, who the judge said had played the most serious part of the five, also received 22 years; and Hannan, who was 17 at the time of the incidents, was given 16 years' detention.Real IRA bombers jailed BBC News Online 9 April 2003 https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2930957.stm References Category:Real Irish Republican Army actions Category:2001 in mass media Category:2001 in London Category:Car and truck bombings in London Category:BBC history Category:White City, London Category:March 2001 in the United Kingdom Category:Terrorist incidents in London in the 2000s Category:Attacks by Republicans since the Good Friday Agreement Category:21st century in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham Category:Building bombings in London Category:Terrorist incidents in the United Kingdom in 2001 Category:Car and truck bombings in 2001 Category:2001 building bombings Category:Attacks on mass media offices in Europe Category:March 2001 crimes in Europe Category:Attacks on commercial buildings in the United Kingdom