Man dies in Paddington bomb blast
- Title
- Man dies in Paddington bomb blast
- Genre
- News report; Interview
- TX Date
- 4 Aug 1989
- Year of production
- 1989
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- Duration
- 00:03:00
- Description
- Simon Bowden reports on a bomb blast and resulting fire at the Beverley House Hotel in Sussex Gardens, Paddington, London, where a man died. Detectives believe the man who died was a terrorist involved in an accident. Includes interviews with eyewitnesses Susie Biatez(?) and Cat Nelson. The man was later named as Moustapha Maleh who was killed by his own bomb. The intended target was believed to be author Salman Rushdie.
- Contributors
- Simon Bowden; Susie Biatez(?); Cat Nelson
- Keywords
- Deaths; London; Fires; Terrorism; Hotels; Bombs; Explosions; Salman Rushdie; Paddington; Beverley House Hotel; Sussex Gardens; Moustapha Maleh
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