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The Harrods Bombing occurred on December 17, 1983. A coded warning was received at 1245 GMT but the device exploded just before 1330 GMT. Three police officers approached the device to try and diffuse it unfortunately it exploded killing all three of them.

Harrods have subsequently installed a radio transmission block in the building to prevent a remote bomb detonation. This means that you cannot use mobile telephones while in the store.

Details of the Bomb

The bomb contained between 25 and 30 lbs of explosives. It was detonated by a timing device and not by remote control, as previously suspected. The device was left in a 1972 blue Austin 1300 GT four door saloon, with a black vinyl roof - which was subsequently blown onto the roof of a nearby five-story building.

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

External links

• On this Day Report by the BBC
• Witness accounts of the event on the BBC
• News article on the incident by the Guardian

• Terrorism in London
• Terrorist incidents in the 1980s
• Provisional IRA actions
• 1983 in the United Kingdom
• Terrorism in the United Kingdom
• 20th century in London