Man dies in Paddington bomb blast-eyewitness account
- Title
- Man dies in Paddington bomb blast-eyewitness account
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 3 Aug 1989
- Year of production
- 1989
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- Duration
- 00:01:19
- Description
- Interview with the male manager (not identified) of the Queen’s House? Hotel in Paddington - eyewitness to a bomb blast and resulting fire at the Beverley House Hotel in Sussex Gardens, London, where a man died. Detectives believe the man who died was a terrorist involved in an accident, he was later named as Moustapha Maleh who was killed by his own bomb. The intended target was believed to be author, Salman Rushdie.He has been told to evacuate his hotel. Male interviewer not identified.
- Contributors
- None Identified
- Keywords
- Deaths; London; Terrorism; Hotels; Bombs; Explosions; Salman Rushdie; Paddington; Beverley House Hotel; Sussex Gardens; Moustapha Maleh; Queen’s House? Hotel
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