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1990 bombing of the London Stock Exchange by the Provisional IRA

London Stock Exchange bombing
Part ofthe Troubles
The Stock Exchange Tower in 1983
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Location	Stock Exchange Tower, London, United Kingdom
Date	20 July 1990 08:49 (UTC)
Target	London Stock Exchange
Attack type	Bomb
Deaths	0
Injured	0
Perpetrator	Provisional Irish Republican Army

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TheLondon Stock Exchange bombing occurred on the morning of 20 July 1990 with the explosion of a 5 to 10 lb (2.3 to 4.5 kg) bomb of high explosives inside theLondon Stock Exchange building in theCity of London, England, planted by theProvisional IRA. The building and surroundings were evacuated after the IRA gave a telephone warning 40 minutes prior to the explosion, and thus nobody was wounded. But the bomb's strength blew a 10-foot hole inside theStock Exchange Tower, and caused massive damage to the visitors' gallery on the first floor. The bomb was placed in the men's toilets behind the gallery.^[1] The gallery and public viewing area was forced to close in 1992.

Background

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The bombing came on the eighth anniversary of the 1982Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings which killed eleven people. The IRA launched a renewed campaign in London in 1990. During May, a soldier at an army recruiting centre was killed by abomb in Wembley, whilst five were injured in a similar explosion inEltham. In June 1990 bombs at theHonourable Artillery Company and theCarlton Club injured 19 and 20 people respectively.^[2]

Investigation and aftermath

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Scotland Yard's anti-terrorist chief George Churchill-Coleman said eight phone calls from the same man with anIrish accent were made between 8:02 am and 8:20 am to theCity of London Police, theLondon Fire Brigade,Reuters, theFinancial Times, theSalvation Army and the Stock Exchange itself.^[3]

The Stock Exchange's chairman however said after the attack "If the purpose of this callous act was to bring the City to a halt, they have failed singularly." The explosion had little impact on stock trading since that was being carried out by computers elsewhere.^[4] In 1992, the IRA bombed theBaltic Exchange building in the City.^[5]

References

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^"1990: IRA bombs Stock Exchange". 20 July 1990 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
^Times, Sheila Rule and Special To the New York (21 July 1990)."London Stock Exchange Is Rocked by a Bombing".The New York Times.
^Frankel, Glenn (21 July 1990)."POLICE BLAME IRA FOR LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE BOMB" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
^FINEMAN, MARK (21 July 1990)."Bomb Blast Rips London's Stock Exchange; No Injuries Reported : Terrorism: Apparent IRA warning allows time to evacuate the building and surrounding area" – via LA Times.
^Oppenheimer, A. R. (2009).IRA: The Bombs and The Bullets. A History of Deadly Ingenuity. Irish Academic Press. p. 124.ISBN 978-0-7165-2895-1.

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