Incident Date:
September 05, 1975
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: London England
Perpetrators: Irish Republican Army (IRA)
Event Type: Bombing/Explosion
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Unknown Explosive Type)
Organization Type: Separatist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Business(Hotel/Resort)
Canadian Target: No
Canadian Victim: No
Canadian Perpetrator: No
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 2 fatalities, 63 injuries
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "09/05/1975: A bomb exploded in the crowded lobby of the London Hilton Hotel in Park Lane at 12:20 p.m. The blast shattered the front entrance, killing a man and a woman, and injuring 63; seven of them seriously. There were perhaps 100 people in the lobby at the time of the blast, including a Canadian. A bomb warning was received at 11:59 a.m. at the Associated Newspaper Group Ltd. Police apparently did not have enough time to execute an evacuation. A second bomb was found in the hotel and detonated by army bomb experts. The Irish Republican Army was believed responsible."
References: 1) "Mickolus, Edward F. (1980). Trasnational Terrorism: Chronology of Events, 1968-1979. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 541."
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