Terrorism

HC Deb 21 June 1994 vol 245 cc76-7W

Mr. Clapham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Corby (Mr. Powell) of 21 January,Official Report, columns 909–18, if he will list the incidents of terrorist activity in Great Britain since 4 November attributable to groups (a) connected with Northern Ireland and (b) not connected with Northern Ireland.

Mr. Charles Wardle

As previously, 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
11 March 1994	Heathrow Airport, London	Four mortars launched from waste ground, landing on an aircraft parking area near Terminal Four. None exploded and there was no damage.
13 March 1994	Heathrow Airport, London	Five mortars launched from waste ground, landing in the vicinity of Terminal Four. None exploded and there was no damage.
15 March 1994	Railway line near Sevenoaks, Kent	Explosive device discovered. Believed to be left over from the series of attacks in December but had failed to detonate.
21 March 1994	Railway line, Orpington, Kent	Timer of explosive device discovered. Believed to be left over from series of attacks in December but had failed to detonate.
12 May 1994	MGM cinema, Oxford Street, London, W1	Incendiary device found. Device had mal-functioned and is believed to have been one of a series of devices planted in West End cinemas in 1991.
6 June 1994	Sevenoaks railway station, Kent	Device made safe in controlled explosion.
10 June 1994	Liberty's, Oxford Street, London, WI	Two incendiary devices discovered and made safe.
11 June 1994	Mr. Byrite's, Oxford Street, London, WI	Incendiary device ignited causing little damage. A further device had failed to detonate.
13 June 1994	Railway line, one mile from Stevenage station	Device exploded on embankment by railway line. Little damage.
(b) Other acts of terrorism
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, London, N16	Petrol bombs thrown. Extensive fire damage. No injuries.
	British Telecom Office (wrongly identified as T C Zjraat Bank), London, EC2	Bricks and Petrol bombs thrown Minor injuries to five BT employees.
	Sabanci Turkish Bank, London, EC2	Petrol bombs thrown. Minor damage. Member of public injured.