§ Mr. HunterTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list all incidents of terrorist activity in Great Britain since 1979 which are attributable to groups connected with Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. HurdThe table lists those terrorist incidents resulting in casualties. All were bomb incidents. There have also been a number of other incidents not resulting in casualties, but a full list of these could not be made available except at disproportionate cost.
Date and location Killed Injured 30 March 1979 Car park Palace of Westminster, Westminster, London SW1 1 — 17 December 1979 Post office sorting office, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire — 2 Post office sorting office, Charlton Green, Dover, Kent — 2 2 December 1980 Princess Louise Regiment Territorial Army Centre, Hammersmith Road, London W6 — 5 10 October 1981 Ebury Bridge Road, London SW1 2 39 17 October 1981 76 South Croxted Road, London SE21 — 1 26 October 1981 Wimpy bar, Oxford Street, London W1 1 — 23 November 1981 Government House, Woolwich New Road, London SE18 — 2
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Date and type of incident Location Casualties 17 December 1979 Explosive device Turkish Airline Office, London — 17 January 1980 Explosive device Mount Royal Hotel, London One dead, one injured1 11 April 1980 Shooting Libyan journalist shot at Regents Park mosque One dead 25 April 1980 Shooting Libyan lawyer shot in Annismore Garden Mews, Kensington, London One dead 30 April 1980 Shooting Siege at Iranian Embassy Seven dead (including five terrorists) 17 May 1980 Explosive device Queen's Garden Hotel, Bayswater, London One dead1, one injured1 1 June 1980 Explosive device Kuwait Oil Co., New Bond Street, London — 12 October 1980 Explosive device Turkish Tourist Office, London — 12 October 1980 Explosive device Swissair Office, Leicester Square, London — 15 December 1980 Explosive device French Tourist Board, Piccadilly, London — 15 December 1980 Explosive device French Railways Office, Piccadilly, London — 28 December 1980 Explosive device Libyan Airline Office, Piccadilly, London — 23 June 1981 Kidnap Kidnap of daughter of Saudi General — 7 September 1981 Attack on Iranian Consulate — 13 December 1981 Car bomb Connaught Square, London Two dead, one injured
Date and location Killed Injured 20 July 1982 South Carriage Road, Hyde Park, London W1 4 28 Regents Park, London NW1 7 31 10 December 1983 Royal Artillery Barracks, Repository Road, London SE18 — 3 17 December 1983 Harrods, Knightsbridge, London SW3 6 91 25 December 1983 Orchard Street, London W1 — 2 12 October 1984 Grand Hotel, Brighton, Sussex 5 30 1 August 1988 Inglis Barracks, Bittacy Hill, London NW7 1 8 20 February 1989 Clive Barracks, Tern Hill, Market Drayton, Shropshire — 1
§ Mr. HunterTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list all incidents of terrorist activity in Great Britain since 1979 which are attributable to groups not connected with Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. HurdStatistics of main terrorist incidents which have taken place in Great Britain from 1979 to date are listed. These do not include incidents apparently caused by extremist, nationalist or anarchist groups based in Great Britain, or by extremist animal rights activists. To list all terrorist incidents which have taken place in Great Britain since 1979 would have incurred disproportionate costs.
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Date and type of incident Location Casualties 26 February 1982 Hijack Stansted, Essex — 14 March 1982 Explosive device London — 3 June 1982 Shooting Israeli Ambassador Argov shot Park Lane, London W1, plus find of bombs and weapons (N) Two injured (includes one terrorist) 31 July 1982 Explosive device Middle East newspaper office, Cough Street, London — 9 September 1982 Explosive device Lancaster Hotel, London. Plot to assassinate Turkish Diplomat (find of guns and bomb) — 31 August 1983 Explosive device Leumi Bank, Woodstock Street, London W1 — 3 February 1984 Shooting Murder of Mr. Mhatre, Assistant Commissioner, Indian High Commission, Birmingham One dead 10 March 1984 Explosive device Five bombs in various locations in London Twenty-three injured 11 March 1984 Explosive device Two bombs in Manchester Three injured 12 March 1984 Explosive device Omar Kayyam restaurant and nightclub, Regent's Street, London W1 — 17 April 1984 Shooting Shooting in St. James's Square, London One dead, 11 injured 20 April 1984 Explosive device Heathrow Airport Terminal Twenty-seven injured 8 June 1984 Incendiary device Indian High Commission, Liverpool One injured 5 July 1984 Kidnap Kidnap of Mr. Dikko, former Nigerian Minister, London — 17 August 1984 Shooting Murder of Mr. El Giahour, Bickenhall Street, London W1 One dead 12 November 1984 Incendiary device Hindu temple, Heathfield Road, Birmingham — 30 November 1984 Incendiary device Asian mosque, 18a Church Lane, Tooting, London. Attempted arson — 3 June 1985 Explosive device Syrian Embassy, Mayfair, London — 6 June 1985 Explosive device Travel Office, 8 Canans Corner, Stanmore, Middlesex — 15 June 1985 Explosive device Dazzling New Peepshow, 33 Great Windmill Street, Soho, London — 16 July 1985 Incendiary device Anti-Apartheid Movement Offices — 12 August 1985 Incendiary device Warehouse at Eastleigh Airport, Hampshire — 11 October 1985 Assassination attempt Plot to kill Indian Prime Minister — 23 September 1985—7 November 1985 Explosive device Suspected conspiracy, Central London — 21 November 1985 Shooting Sikh moderate, Luton (Lidder) One injured 25 November 1985 Explosive device Iranian Embassy, Letter bomb One injured 29 November 1985 Shooting Exiled Seychelles leader, Horeau One dead 16 January 1986 Shooting Sikh moderate, Middlesex (Sandhu) One injured 23 January 1986 Shooting Sikh moderate, Middlesex (Toor) One dead 17 April 1986 Explosive device E1 A1 flight, Heathrow Airport — 24 April 1986 Explosive device British Airways Office, Oxford Street, London — 19 August 1986 Explosive device Kensington Video Company, Kensington High Street, London One dead, 13 injured 10 October 1986 Shooting Sikh moderate —
Date and type of incident Location Casualties 18 July 1987 Explosive device Car bomb, Kensington High Street, London Mr. Parviz One injured 22 July 1987 Shooting Assassination of Mr. Al-Ali, Chelsea, London One dead 2 October 1987 Shooting Mr. Tavokoli Nabai and son Nadir, Wembley, Middlesex Two dead 11 November 1987 Shooting Shooting in temple, Southall, Middlesex. Singh Das Darshan Three dead, two injured 20 January 1988 Poisoning Iraqi poisoned with Hallium One dead 21 December 1988 Explosive device PAN AM jumbo jet crashed on town of Lockerbie, Scotland 270 dead 1 Believed to be "own goals".