Event

The Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) attempts to assassinate Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the British Cabinet in the Brighton hotel bombing…

12 Oct 1984 · 50.82° N, 0.15° W

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When
12 Oct 1984
Kind
Event
Coordinates
50.82° N, 0.15° W

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Brighton hotel bombing.

Summary

The Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) attempts to assassinate Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the British Cabinet in the Brighton hotel bombing with an explosive device planted nearly a month earlier in their conference hotel. The terror attack kills five people and injures 31.

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