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The '''Harrods Bombing''' occurred on ], ]. A coded warning was received at 1245 GMT but the device exploded just before 1330 GMT |
The '''Harrods Bombing''' occurred on ], ]. A coded warning was received at 1245 GMT but the device exploded just before 1330 GMT. Four police officers approached the device to try and diffuse it unfortunately it exploded killing all four of them. | ||
==A Second Bomb Warning== | |||
A second warning call was made to authorities at the time of the first explosion claiming a bomb had been placed in the heart of ]. It was said to be at the C&A store on the east side of the shopping street. Police tried to clear the area crowded with shoppers and cordoned it off but it was later found to be a false alarm. | |||
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17 December 1983 Harrods bombing | |
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Location | Harrods, Knightsbridge, London, United Kingdom |
Date | December 17 1983 13:30pm – (UTC+1) |
Target | Christmas shoppers at Harrods |
Attack type | car bomb |
Deaths | 4 police officers and 3 civilians |
Injured | 90 |
Perpetrators | Provisional Irish Republican Army |
The Harrods Bombing occurred on December 17, 1983. A coded warning was received at 1245 GMT but the device exploded just before 1330 GMT. Four police officers approached the device to try and diffuse it unfortunately it exploded killing all four of them.
A Second Bomb Warning
A second warning call was made to authorities at the time of the first explosion claiming a bomb had been placed in the heart of Oxford Street. It was said to be at the C&A store on the east side of the shopping street. Police tried to clear the area crowded with shoppers and cordoned it off but it was later found to be a false alarm.
See also
- Harrods
- Directory of the Northern Ireland Troubles
- Chronology of Provisional IRA Actions
- List of terrorist incidents (Worldwide)
- List of terrorist incidents in the United Kingdom
- List of London bombings