Collets bookshop fire bombed

Title

Collets bookshop fire bombed

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

6 Jul 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:01:35

Description

George Matheson reports on a fire bomb attack on a branch of Collets bookshop on the Charing Cross Road in London. The arson attack is thought to be part of the campaign against Salman Rushdie’s novel, The Satanic Verses. Includes interviews with eyewitness, Jonathan Condliffe(?); male police spokesman (not identified); Collets financial director, Donald King.

Contributors

George Matheson; Jonathan Condliffe(?); Donald King

Keywords

Books; London; Crime; Fires; Terrorism; Novels; Bookshops; Arson; Muslims; Salman Rushdie; The Satanic Verses; Controversial literature; Collets

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