Terrorism

HC Deb 21 January 1994 vol 235 cc906-15W

Mr. William Powell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the incidents of terrorist activity in Great Britain since 21 February 1989 attributable to groups(a) connected with Northern Ireland and (b) not connected with Northern Ireland.

Mr. Howard

The list classifies acts of terrorism according to the definitions in section 14(2) of the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989.

Date	Location
16 January 1990	Army HQ, SE District, Aldershot	Device made safe.
20 February 1990	Combined Services Recruitment Centre, Rutland Street, Leicester	Device exploded. Two people injured.
25 February 1990	Army Recruiting Office, New Road, Halifax	Device exploded.
14 May 1990	Service Education Centre, Eltham, South London	Device exploded. Five people injured.
16 May 1990	Army Recruiting Centre, Wembly, Middlesex	Device exploded. One person killed and four people injured.
1 June 1990	Lichfield Railway Station, Staffordshire	One person killed and two people injured in shooting.
9 June 1990	Honourable Artillery HQ, City Road, London	Device exploded. 19 people injured.
12 June 1990	West Green House, Hartley Witney, Hampshire	Device made safe.
21 June 1990	RAF Stanmore Park, Uxbridge	Device exploded.
25 June 1990	Carlton Club, St. James, London	Device exploded. 20 people injured.
6 July 1990	The Strand, London WC2	Device exploded.
20 July 1990	Stock Exchange, London	Device exploded.
30 July 1990	The Dog House, Hankham, near Pevensey	Device exploded. One person killed.
6 August 1990	Woronzow Road, St. Johns Wood, London	Device made safe.
13 August 1990	Pye Bam, Moulsford Didcot	Device made safe.
10 September 1990	Army and Navy Recruiting Office, Derby	Device exploded.
17 September 1990	Army Information Office, Finchley, London	One person injured in shooting.
18 September 1990	Milford, Staffordshire	Two people injured in shooting.
27 September 1990	Royal Overseas League, Park Place, London WC1	Device made safe.
24 January 1991	Territorial Army Firing Range, Cannock Chase, Staffordshire	Device exploded.
7 February 1991	Downing Street, London SW1	Three mortar bombs fired. One person injured.
18 February 1991	Paddington Station, London	Device exploded.
18 February 1991	Victoria Station, London	Device exploded. One person killed and 38 people injured.
25 February 1991	Napsbury Lane, St. Albans	Device exploded.
3 April 1991	Preston Railway Station, Preston, Iancashire	Devices made safe.
5 April 1991	Arndale Shopping Centre, Manchester	Devices exploded.
28 June 1991	Beck Theatre, Hayes, Middlesex	Device made safe.
30 June 1991	Royal Navy and RAF Recruiting Office, Fishergate Centre	Device made safe.
5 August 1991	Cambridge Public House, Charing Cross Road, London	Device exploded.
29 August 1991	London Underground Depot, Hammersmith	Devices made safe.
31 August 1991	Bargain Bookshop, Charing Cross Road, London	Device made safe.
15 November 1991	Old Barclays Bank, St. Peters Street, St. Albans, Hertfordshire	Device exploded. Two people killed and one person injured.
1 December 1991	The Discount Furniture Store Habitat,	Devices exploded.
	The World of Leather,
	The Reject Shop,
	Tottenham Court Road
2 December 1991	Littlewoods, Oxford Street, London Wl	Devices exploded.
7–8 December 1991	Various locations in Blackpool	Devices discovered.
8 December 1991	Arndale Centre, Manchester	Devices exploded.
14 December 1991	Brent Cross Shopping Centre	Devices discovered.
15 December 1991	Sainsbury Wing, National Gallery, London WC2	Device exploded.
16 December 1991	Railway line near Clapham Junction	Device exploded.
23 December 1991	Ilford Underground Depot	Device exploded.

Date	Location
	Neasden Underground Depot	Device exploded.
	Train at Harrow-on-the-Hill	Device exploded.
10 January 1992	Whitehall Place London SW1	Device exploded.
17 January 1992	Marquis of Granby Public House, Shaftesbury Avenue, London	Devices exploded.
30 January 1992	Elephant & Castle Underground Depot, London	Devices discovered.
3 February 1992	Neasden Underground Depot	Device discovered.
7 February 1992	London Underground Sidings between Barking & Upney Stations	Device exploded.
11 February 1992	Telephone box, Parliament Street, London	Device made safe.
28 February 1992	London Bridge Railway Station, London	Device exploded. 29 people injured.
29 February 1992	Crown Prosecution Service, Furnival Street, London	Device exploded. Two people injured.
1 March 1992	White Hart Lane BR Station, Tottenham, London N17	Device made safe.
10 March 1992	Near Wandsworth Common Railway Station, London	Device exploded.
6 April 1992	Bridle Lane, near Piccadilly Circus, London	Device exploded.
10 April 1992	St. Mary Axe, City of London	Device exploded. Three people killed, 91 people injured.
11 April 1992	Staples Corner, Junction of Ml and North Circular	Device exploded.
13 April 1992	Army Careers Information Office, Derby	One person killed in shooting.
9/10 May 1992	Metro Centre, Gateshead	Devices exploded.
7 June 1992	Royal Festival Hall, London	Device exploded.
8 June 1992	A64 Leeds-York near Tadcaster, North Yorkshire	One person killed and one person injured in shooting.
10 June 1992	Wilcox Place, Victoria Street	Device exploded.
15 June 1992	St. Albans Street, near Piccadilly Circus	Device exploded.
17/18 June 1992	Marks and Spencer, Leeds	Device made safe.
	Stop and Shop, Leeds	Device exploded
	Waterstones Bookshop, Leeds	Devices discovered.
25 June 1992	Coleman Street, City of London	Device exploded. One person injured
30/31 July 1992	Milton Keynes (shops, Library)	Device exploded
25 August 1992	Shropshire Regimental Museum and two furniture shops, Shrewsbury	Devices exploded
6 September 1992	London Hilton Hotel, Park Lane, London	Device exploded
6 September 1992	London Hilton Hotel, Park Lane, London	Device exploded
17 September 1992	Madame Tussaud's, Marleybone Road, London	Device exploded
	The Planetarium, Marylebone Road, London	Devices exploded
	Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road, London	Devices exploded
7 October 1992	Junction of the Haymarket and Panton Street, Piccadilly	Device exploded. Five People injured
	Near Centre Point, Flitcroft Street, London WC2	Device exploded
8 October 1992	Tooley Street, London SE1	Device exploded. One person injured.
	Melcombe Street, London NW1	Device exploded.
9 October 1992	Royal British Legion, Nursery Riad, Southgate N14	Device exploded.
	Car Park, Arnos Grove Underground Station.	Device exploded
10 October 1992	Paddington Freen PS, Harrow Road, Paddington, W2	Device exploded. One person injured
12 October 1992	Sussex Arms Public House, Long Acre, Covent Garden	Devoce exploded. One person killed and four people injured.
19 October 1992	Novotel Hotel, Shortlands, Hammersmith, W6	Device exploded

Date	Location
	Oxenden Street, London SW1	Device exploded. Two people injured
21 October 1992	Railway Line, near Silver Street Station, Edmonton	Device exploded. Two people injured.
	Princess Louise Territorial Army Centre, Hammersmith Road, W6	Device exploded. Three people injured.
	Railway Line, near Harrow Road (Junction with Furoess Road) NW10	Device exploded.
22 October 1992	Sewage Pipe, Wick Lane, E3	Device exploded.
25 October 1992	25–28 Morpeth Terrace, London SW1	Device exploded.
30 October 1992	Whitehall, London SW1 (near Downing Street)	Device exploded.
14 November 1992	Stoke Newington Road, London, N16	Device discovered. One person injured in shooting.
15 November 1992	Canada Tower, Canary Wharf	Device made safe.
16 November 1992	Collingwood Street, Bethnal Green, E1	Device made safe.
1 December 1992	Stephens Street/Tottenham Court Road	Device made safe.
3 December 1992	Deansgate and Cateaton Street, Manchester	Two Devices exploded. 11 people injured.
9 December 1992	Woodside Park Underground Station, North London	Device exploded.
10 December 1992	Wood Green Shopping Centre, London	Two devices exploded. 11 people injured.
16 December 1992	John Lewis Department Store, Oxford Street	Device exploded. One person injured.
	Cavendish Square, Oxford Street	Device exploded.
22 December 1992	Hampstead Tube Station	Device exploded.
6 January 1993	Reject Shop, Plaza Shopping Centre, Oxford Street	Device exploded.
	Dillon's Bookshop, Northumberland Avenue	Device exploded.
	C & A, Oxford Street	Device exploded.
	Video Shop, 60 Oxford Street	Device exploded.
28 January 1993	Harrods, Brompton Road, SW1	Device exploded. Two people injured.
3 February 1993	Train at Kent House Station, Kent	Device exploded.
	South Kensington Tube Station, London	Device exploded
7 February 1993	Quarry at Westbury-Sub-Mendip, Somerset	Two men arrested attempting to break into explosives store.
10 February 1993	Cadogan Place, London SW1	Device exploded.
26 February 1993	Warrington, Cheshire	One person injured in shooting.
	Warrington, Cheshire	Device exploded.
27 February 1993	Camden High Street, London	Devices exploded. 18 people injured.
20 March 1993	Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire	Two small devices exploded in litter bins in shopping area. Two children killed and 55 people injured, four extremely seriously.
7 April 1993	Argyle Square, London WC1	Small device exploded in builder's skip. No injuries.
23 April 1993	North Shields, Northumbria	Small device exploded at oil refinery. No injuries.
24 April 1993	Bishopsgate, London EC2	Very large HME device exploded in tipper truck. One man killed and 44 people injured. Very extensive damage.
24 April 1993	Manor House, N4	Small device exploded in hijacked minicab, no injuries.
24 April 1993	Judd Street, WC1	Small device exploded in hijacked minicab, no injuries.
9 May 1993	Galleries Shopping Centre, Bristol	Two incendiary devices ignited causing little damage.
12 May 1993	Reject Shop, Cornmarket, Oxford	Small device discovered—had malfunctioned.
9 June 1993	Gateshead, Tyne and Wear	Device exploded at gas installation. Some damage.
10 June 1993	North Shields, Northumbria	Device exploded at oil refinery.

Date	Location
28 August 1993	Wormwood Street, London (City)	Small device discovered and made safe. No damage, no injuries.
16 September 1993	Curzon Phoenix Cinema, Charing Cross Road	Two small malfunctioned incendiary devices found. No damage, no injuries.
	MGM Cinema, Shaftsbury Avenue	One small malfunctioned incendiary device found. No damage, no injuries.
2 October 1993	Finchley Road, London	Three small devices exploded. Five people injured some localised damage. One device found and made safe.
4 October 1993	Tottenham Lane, London	Two devices exploded. No injuries. Some localised damage.
	Archway Road, London	Two devices exploded. No injuries. Some localised damage.
	Highgate High Street, London	One device exploded. No injuries, some localised damage. A second device discovered and made safe.
8 October 1993	Junction of Coles Green Road and Humber Road near the North Circular Road junction at Staples Comer.	One device exploded. No injuries. Some localised damage.
	Outside the Blacklion Public House at 295 West End Lane	One device exploded. No injuries. Some localised damage.
	Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road, London	Devices exploded.
24 October 1993	Reading British Rail Station	One device made safe. One device exploded causing some damage to railway equipment. No injuries.
	Basingstoke British Rail Station	One device made safe.
	Railway line, Dorton near Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire	Small device exploded. Minor damage, no injuries.
29 October 1993	Edwardes Square, Kensington High Street, London	Small device exploded beside a car. Extensive damage to car, no injuries.
14 December 1993	Railway line near Woking station.	Small device exploded on railway line. Slight damage to line. No injuries.
16 December 1993	Railway line near Brookwood and Farnborough stations	Two devices discovered disrupted by means of a controlled explosion.
20 December 1993	King Edward Buildings, Sorting Office, London EC1	Postal device discovered. Made safe. No damage, no injuries.
	Travellers Tavern, Elizabeth Street, Victoria, London SW1	6 devices discovered in suitcases. No injuries. One ignited, minor damage.
	Mount Pleasant Sorting Office, Rosebury Avenue, London EC1	Package exploded. No injuries, minor damage.
	Northfields Tube Station, Ealing, London W13	Small device exploded in a litter bin. No significant damage. No injuries.
(b)Other acts of terrorism
9 April 1989	Haigh and Hochland, Manchester	Firebomb attack on bookshop selling, or thought to be selling, the 'Satanic Verses'.
9 April 1989	W. H. Smith, Moseley, West Midlands	Firebomb attack on bookshop selling, or thought to be selling, the 'Satanic Verses'.
9 April 1989	Dillons, London	Firebomb attack on bookshop selling, or thought to be selling, the 'Satanic Verses'.
9 April 1989	Collets, London	Firebomb attack on bookshop selling, or thought to be selling, the 'Satanic Verses'.
9 April 1989	Books for a Change, London	Firebomb attack on bookshop selling, or thought to be selling, the 'Satanic Verses'.
13 May 1989	Penguin Bookstore, London	Firebomb attack on bookshop selling, or thought to be selling, the 'Satanic Verses'.
6 July 1989	Collets, London	Firebomb attack on bookshop selling, or thought to be selling, the 'Satanic Verses'.
3 August 1989	Beverley House Hotel, London	Terrorist killed by own bomb.

Date	Location
3 September 1989	Liberty's, London	Firebomb attack on bookshop selling, or thought to be selling, the 'Satanic Verses'. Passer-by injured.
3 September 1989	London Bookshop	Firebomb attack on bookshop selling, or thought to be selling, the 'Satanic Verses'.
13 September 1989	Penguin Bookstore, Peterborough	Firebomb attack on bookshop selling, or thought to be selling the 'Satanic Verses'.
	Penguin Bookstore, York	Firebomb attack on bookshop selling, or thought to be selling, the 'Satanic Verses'.
	Penguin Bookstore, Guildford	Firebomb attack on bookshop selling or thought to be selling the 'Satanic Verses'.
14 September 1989	Penguin Bookstore, Nottinghamshire	Firebomb attack on bookshop selling, or thought to be selling, the 'Satanic Verses'.
29 October 1993	Turkish Airlines Office, London	Petrol bomb thrown.
4 November 1993	Turkish Embassy, Belgrave Square, London	Petrol bombs thrown. Minor damage. No injuries.
	Turkish Airlines Office, London	Petrol bombs thrown. No injuries.
	London Islamic Turkish Association Centre, N16	Petrol bombs thrown. Extensive fire damage. No inuries.
	British Telecom Office (wrongly identified as T C Zjraat Bank), EC2	Bricks and petrol bombs thrown. Minor injuries.
	Sabanci Turkish Bank, EC2	Petrol bomb thrown. Minor damage. Member of public injured.