Back Teroristické útoky v Londýně 1999 Czech מתקפת הטרור בלונדון (1999) HE Atentados a pregos em Londres em 1999 Portuguese
| 1999 London bombings | |
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  Brixton Spitalfields Soho 1999 London nail bombings (Greater London)  Spitalfields Soho 1999 London nail bombings (the United Kingdom) | |
| Location | London, England |
| Date | 17 April 1999 – 30 April 1999 |
| Target | Black British, British Bengali and LGBT populations in London |
Attack type | White supremacist terrorism, bombings, murder |
| Weapons | Nail bomb |
| Deaths | 4 (including an unborn baby) |
| Injured | 140 |
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| Motive | Neo-Nazism / Attempt to start a race war in England |
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The 1999 London nail bombings were a series of bomb explosions in London, England. Over three successive weekends between 17 and 30 April 1999, homemade nail bombs were detonated in Brixton in South London; at Brick Lane, Spitalfields, in the East End; and at the Admiral Duncan pub in Soho in the West End. Each bomb contained up to 1,500 4-inch (100 mm) nails, in holdalls that were left in public spaces. The bombs killed three people and injured 140 people, four of whom lost limbs.
On 2 May 1999, the Metropolitan Police Anti-Terrorist Branch charged 22-year-old David Copeland with murder. Copeland, who became known as the "London nail bomber", was a Neo-Nazi militant and a former member of two political groups, the British National Party and then the National Socialist Movement. The bombings were aimed at London's black, Bengali and LGBT communities.[1] Copeland was convicted of murder in 2000 and given six life sentences.[1]
- ^ a b Buncombe, Andrew; Judd, Terri; and Bennett, Jason. "'Hate-filled' nailbomber is jailed for life", The Independent, 30 June 2000.
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