Death of Ian Gow - MP was on IRA hit list

Title

Death of Ian Gow - MP was on IRA hit list

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

30 Jul 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:00:43

Description

Simon Israel reports for IRN from outside the home of murdered Conservative MP, Ian Gow in Hankham, East Sussex. Gow died this morning after a bomb exploded beneath the driver’s side of his Austin Montego. Commander George Churchill-Coleman says Gow was aware that he was on the IRA’s hit list of more than 100 politicians, found in a Clapham bomb factory.

Contributors

Simon Israel; George Churchill-Coleman

Keywords

Deaths; Motor vehicles; Terrorism; Police; Cars; IRA; Members of Parliament; Scotland Yard; Security; Bombs; Explosions; East Sussex; Ian Gow; Hankham

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