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On Wednesday 20 September 2000, the Real Irish Republican Army (RIRA) carried out an attack on MI6's SIS Building headquarters in Vauxhall, Lambeth, London.A Russian-built RPG-22 anti-tank rocket, fired 300 metres (330 yards) away from MI6 headquarters, struck the building on the south side of the eighth floor, causing superficial damage.
In September 2000, the building was attacked by unapprehended forces using a Russian-built RPG-22 anti-tank rocket, causing superficial damage. [20] The Metropolitan Police recovered the discarded rocket launcher at Spring Gardens park in Vauxhall , as well as finding remains of the rocket which had exploded against an eighth floor window. [ 21 ]
20 September 2000: 2000 MI6 attack: The SIS Building (commonly known as MI6 headquarters) in Vauxhall, Lambeth was attacked using a Russian-made RPG-22 anti-tank rocket. Striking the eighth floor, the missile caused superficial damage. The Anti-Terrorist branch of the Metropolitan Police attributed responsibility to the Real IRA.
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One person died of their injuries and 35 were wounded in the attack. Police were investigating, but had not yet arrested any suspects. [7] Unknown October 12 17 (+2) 39: Aden, Yemen: USS Cole bombing: Suicide attack against the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Cole while it was docked. 17 American sailors and two attackers were killed. October 30 car ...
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Saunders was attacked and shot dead by two men on a motorcycle while driving through Athens traffic on his way to work at the British Embassy at 07:48 on 8 June 2000. 17 November (17N) claimed responsibility for the killing in a proclamation dated March 2000 and published in Eleftherotypia on 9 June 2000.
The low-level 'dissident republican' campaign continued. In January 2009, security forces had to defuse a bomb in Castlewellan, [13] and in 2008 three separate incidents saw dissident republicans attempt to kill Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) officers in Derry, Castlederg and Dungannon. [14]