Woolwich pub bombing

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Woolwich pub bombing
LocationWoolwich, London, United Kingdom
Coordinates51°29′15″N 0°03′22″E / 51.4874°N 0.0561°E / 51.4874; 0.0561Coordinates: 51°29′15″N 0°03′22″E / 51.4874°N 0.0561°E / 51.4874; 0.0561
Date7 November 1974
10:15 pm (GMT)
Attack type
Bomb
Deaths2
Injured35
PerpetratorProvisional Irish Republican Army

The Woolwich pub bombing was an attack by the Provisional Irish Republican Army in Woolwich, a district of London in the United Kingdom, as part of The Troubles.

Echoing similar attacks in Guildford the previous month, a bomb made of 6 lb of gelignite with the addition of shrapnel was thrown through the window into the Kings Arms pub on 7 November 1974. Two people were killed in the explosion: Gunner Richard Dunne (aged 42), of the Royal Artillery (the Barracks is just 100 yards away), and Alan Horsley (aged 20), a sales clerk.[1] A further 35 people, including the landlady, Margaret Nash, were injured.

Initially a left-wing extremist group called Red Flag 74 said it had placed the bomb,[2] but responsibility was subsequently claimed by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) and specifically by part of the Active Service Unit apprehended at the Balcombe Street Siege. Some of the Guildford Four were wrongfully charged with involvement in this bombing.[3][4]

The nearby barracks was bombed in 1983 and was the place of Drummer Lee Rigby's murder in 2013.

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  1. ^ "History repeating itself: Same barracks were targeted by IRA bombers nearly 40 years ago". Express. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  2. ^ "BOMB IN LONDON PUB KILLS ONE, HURTS 26". The New York Times. 8 November 1974. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  3. ^ An Phoblacht/Republican News, (7 May 1998)
  4. ^ "Woolwich pub bombing: murder of Alan HORSLEY and Richard Copeland Sloan DUNNE and injury..." National Archives. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
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