Assassination

assassination of Airey Neave

30 Mar 1979 · 51.50° N, 0.14° W

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When
30 Mar 1979
Kind
Assassination
Deaths
1
Coordinates
51.50° N, 0.14° W
Description
1979 murder in City of Westminister, London

Assassination of Airey Neave

1979 murder in City of Westminster, London

On 30 March 1979, Airey Neave, British Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, was assassinated by the Irish National Liberation Army with a bomb fixed under his car. The bomb detonated in the car park of the Palace of Westminster in London and mortally wounded Neave, who died shortly after being admitted to hospital.

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