Chelsea Barracks bomb

Title

Chelsea Barracks bomb

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference

TX Date

12 Oct 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:03:08

Description

Report on the bomb detonated outside the Chelsea Barracks, London, as a result of which two people died. Head of the anti-terrorist squad, Commander Mike Richards describes the device and suspects in a press conference. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher speaks after visiting the site. Sinn Fein’s Richard McAuley comments. Female reporter not identified.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Mike Richards; Richard McAuley

Keywords

Deaths; London; Internal politics; Northern Ireland; Terrorism; Police; UK; British; Great Britain; Sinn Fein; Bombs; Explosions; Chelsea Barracks

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