Mortar bomb attack on 10 Downing Street

Title

Mortar bomb attack on 10 Downing Street

Genre

News report; Interview; News bulletin

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:04:17

Description

Whitehall offices have been evacuated after terrorists attempted to blow up UK Prime Minister John Major and his war cabinet. Mortar bombs launched from outside the Ministry of Defence have landed in the garden of 10 Downing Street and the Foreign Office. Report includes eyewitness accounts from an unnamed male BBC worker, an unnamed male Foreign Office worker, London taxi driver Peter Thompson(?) and Education Secretary Kenneth Clarke. Northern Ireland reporter Ken Johnston explains why mortar bombs are used and defence expert Paul Beaver says the IRA could have been commissioned to carry out the attack by Iraqi President, Saddam Hussein. Midday News with Katherine Kelly.

Contributors

Kenneth Clarke; Ken Johnston; Katherine Kelly; Paul Beaver; Peter Thompson(?)

Keywords

London; Government; Northern Ireland; Terrorism; UK; Great Britain; IRA; England; Politicians; Bombs; John Major; Explosions; Foreign Office; Iraq; Whitehall; Ministry of Defence; Saddam Hussein; Downing Street

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