London Hilton bombing

1975 explosion at the Hilton Hotel in London

London Hilton bombing

Location| Hilton Hotel, Park Lane, London, UK
Coordinates| 51°30′19″N 0°09′01″W﻿ / ﻿51.5054°N 0.1504°W﻿ / 51.5054; -0.1504
Date| 5 September 1975
12:18 (UTC+1)
Target| Hilton Hotel, London

Attack type

| Bombing
Weapons| Home-made bomb
Deaths| 2
Injured| 63
Perpetrators| Provisional Irish Republican Army, Balcombe Street Gang

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See also: The Troubles in Ireland and Assassinations during the Troubles

On 5 September 1975 a bomb exploded in the lobby of the Hilton Hotel on Park Lane, London, killing two people and injuring 63.[1]

## Bombing[edit]

Ten minutes before the explosion, the Daily Mail newspaper received a warning by telephone. Having been notified, Scotland Yard immediately sent three officers to investigate, but they were not able to evacuate the building before the bomb exploded at 12:18 BST.[2] The Provisional IRA claimed responsibility for the bombing.[1] Police worked quickly to clear the area after the explosion fearing there could be another device nearby. The blast caused extensive damage to the hotel and neighbouring shops with broken glass spread over a wide area. Witnesses said police arrived only five minutes before the bomb went off, and it is not clear whether the hotel was warned before they turned up. A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said an officer telephoned the Hilton shortly after receiving the warning, but the hotel denied this. "A policeman was just telling the assistant manager that he had better evacuate when the bomb went off," said press officer Anne Crewdson.[1]

## Second bombing[edit]

A second attempt to bomb the London Hilton hotel was made on 7 September 1992. The explosion caused slight damage in a lavatory on the ground floor but nobody was injured.[3]

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ^ a b c "1975: London Hilton bombed". BBC News. 5 September 1975. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
2. ^ "Hilton Bombing (1st)". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. Retrieved 12 May 2013 - via Free Library.
3. ^ Durham, Michael (7 September 1992). "Bomb explodes at Hilton after IRA warning". The Independent. London. Retrieved 12 May 2013.

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