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.

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