1993 Finchley Road bombings

1993 Finchley Road bombings
Part of the Troubles
1 1 Domino's Pizza Finchley Road 2 Golders Green 2km 1.2miles 2 1
Location	Finchley Road, Hampstead, London, England
Date	2 October 1993 00:26 (UTC)
Target	Civilians
Attack type	Time bombs
Deaths	0
Injured	5
Perpetrator	Provisional Irish Republican Army

The Finchley Road bombings occurred on 2 October 1993, when the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) detonated three time bombs on Finchley Road in north London, England. Telephoned warnings were sent six minutes beforehand, at approximately 00:26 UTC, but five people were injured from falling glass as a result of the blasts, and damage was caused to some shops and flats in the surrounding area. The three bombs were planted outside a Domino's Pizza restaurant, a travel agent, and offices of the St. Pancras Building Society. Later, anti-terrorist officers discovered and subsequently safely detonated a fourth bomb in a controlled environment, 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the initial bombings, in Golders Green. Two days later, on 4 October, the IRA detonated four more bombs in north London, two in Tottenham Lane and two more in Archway Road resulting in four injuries.

The bombings were branded as "cowardly" by Home Secretary Michael Howard. They were the first IRA bombings in the capital for over five months. Following the bombings, the IRA phoned a Dublin radio station claiming responsibility for the attack.