Hammersmith Bridge Ira Attack

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Hammersmith bridge ira attack. 1996 hammersmith bridge bombing. Ira bomb chaos in west london a terrorist explosion rocked a residential area near hammersmith bridge in west london last night. Although the detonators caused two small explosions the bomb itself failed to explode. The bomb was located on the south side of the bridge and contained 30 lb of semtex high explosives which according to an explosives expert had the ability to blow up the entire bridge.
On 24 april 1996 the provisional ira planted two powerful bombs underneath hammersmith bridge in west london. On thursday 9 october 1975 a bomb attack just outside green park underground station in the city of westminster london left one man dead and injured 20 others the attack was carried out by volunteers from the provisional ira s balcombe street gang the attack occurred during a period of heightened activity by the ira in england and in particular london and surrounding areas since the. The bombs exploded in quick succession of each other killing one civilian and injuring five others and one london police officer. West london s hammersmith bridge has been fully closed until further notice following safety concerns after a crack in the infrastructure appeared to have been worsened by the ongoing heatwave.
On 16 january 1939 the irish republican army ira launched a campaign of bombing and sabotage against the civil economic and military infrastructure of britain. Police explosive experts had already sealed off the area as they. On 17 december 1974 the provisional ira s balcombe street active service unit planted three time bombs at telephone exchanges around london. Two semtex bombs were discovered at a substation under a walkway on the south side of the river in.
The bomb exploded shortly after an unknown woman with an irish accent telephoned a warning to a local newspaper. Terrorists from the provisional ira struck on april 24 1996 as did the so called real ira on. Hammersmith bridge has been targeted twice by the ira as the paramilitary group tried to blow it up.