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Before the Real IRA's MI6 attack, Hammersmith Bridge was damaged by a small bomb blast in June 2000, resulting in the bridge requiring renovation. [4] A further planting of a bomb occurred near a west London train station in July 2000. [5] A by-election in the constituency of South Antrim was scheduled to be held the day after the attack.
2001 BBC bombing; E. 2001 Ealing bombing; L. 2007 London car bombs; M. 2000 MI6 attack; W. Wood Green ricin plot This page ...
The bomb was timed to target leaving karaoke pub-goers—but whilst most escaped injury, the explosion still caused significant property damage, estimated to be around £200,000. The adjacent Ealing Broadway shopping centre was also damaged by flooding arising from the water main under the car bomb being ruptured.
Three weeks later on 6 May, a second bomb exploded at the same building, causing slight injuries to a passer-by. [42] The 3 August 2001 Ealing bombing injured seven people, and on 3 November a car bomb containing 60 lb of home-made explosives was planted in the centre of Birmingham. The bomb did not fully detonate and no one was injured. [43]
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]
In his 2009 memoir "Reluctant Spy" (Bantam), former CIA officer John Kiriakou wrote of driving past Saunders's blood-stained car the morning of 8 June. He claimed that the reason for his abrupt departure from Greece in August 2000 was the discovery that Greek urban guerrilla organization 17N had been stalking him instead of Saunders. He quoted ...
2000 MI6 attack; N. 2010 Newry car bombing; O. Omagh bombing This page was last edited on 18 November 2024, at 11:27 (UTC) ...
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. [7] Later in November, three men—Noel Maguire, Robert Hulme, and his brother Aiden Hulme—were arrested in connection with all three bomb attacks.