Brighton hotel bombing | |
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Part of the Troubles | |
Location | Grand Hotel, Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK |
Coordinates | 50°49′17″N 0°08′50″W / 50.82139°N 0.14722°W |
Date | 12 October 1984 2:54 am (BST) |
Target | Margaret Thatcher[a] |
Attack type | Bombing |
Weapons | Time bomb |
Deaths | 5 |
Injured | 31 |
Perpetrator | Provisional IRA |
On 12 October 1984, the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) attempted to assassinate members of the British government at the Grand Hotel in Brighton, England. A long-delay time bomb was planted in the hotel by Patrick Magee before Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet arrived for the Conservative Party conference.[2] Five people were killed, including the Conservative MP and Deputy Chief Whip Sir Anthony Berry, and a further 31 were injured. Thatcher narrowly escaped the explosion.[3][4]
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