Firebombs in Metro Centre, Gateshead

Title

Firebombs in Metro Centre, Gateshead

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

10 May 1992

Year of production

1992

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Duration

00:03:57

Description

Mary Wimpress reports on an investigation on Tyneside where police have spent a second night scouring the Metro shopping centre in Gateshead for firebombs after six incendiary devices exploded there over the weekend. Nobody was hurt in the attacks. Includes interviews with Christine Jennings, Levy’s Wallpaper Shop; John McWilliam MP; Northumberland Assistant Chief Constable David Mellish.

Contributors

John McWilliam; Mary Wimpress; Christine Jennings; David Mellish

Keywords

Terrorism; Police; Security; Tyneside; Bombs; Shopping centres; Gateshead; Metro Centre

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