Police hunt IRA terrorists in Battersea

Title

Police hunt IRA terrorists in Battersea

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

21 Dec 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:01:50

Description

Nicky Broyd reports from Scotland Yard on a police hunt in London for two suspected IRA terrorists whose cover was blown after a bizarre incident in Battersea in which a youth was shot as he attempted to break into a car, not knowing that a gunman was asleep in the back seat. The man fled into a nearby block of flats in Staplehurst Court, Battersea. Police later entered a flat and discovered a massive cache of arms and explosives. The youth was named as Lionel Barratt. Includes interviews with George Churchill-Coleman, head of Scotland Yard’s Anti-Terrorist Squad, and a male eyewitness (not identified).

Contributors

Nicky Broyd; George Churchill-Coleman

Keywords

London; Terrorism; Police; Great Britain; IRA; Policing practice; England; Weapons; Firearms; Bombs; Explosives; Battersea; Lionel Barratt

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