Army van bombed in Wembley

Title

Army van bombed in Wembley

Genre

News report; Press conference; Vox pop

TX Date

17 May 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:03:36

Description

Clive Myrie reports from the scene of an IRA bomb attack on an army van outside a recruitung office in Wembley, London yesterday which killed one soldier, Charles Chapman, and injured another. Includes vox pop with local residents; Armed Forces Minister Archie Hamilton speaking after visiting the scene calling for vigilance; head of anti-terrorist squad at Scotland Yard, Commander George Churchill Coleman also calls for vigilance.

Contributors

Archie Hamilton; George Churchill-Coleman; Clive Myrie

Keywords

Deaths; London; War; Terrorism; IRA; Security; Army; Army personnel; Bombs; Wembley; Charles Chapman

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