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'''The Walsall Bomb Plot''' was a frame up of anarchists by the [[UK Police]].
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Recent research into police files has revealed that the bombings were instigated by [[Auguste Coulon]], an ''[[agent provocateur]]'' of [[Special Branch]] Inspector [[William Melville]], who would go on to become an early official of what became [[MI5]].<ref name=spymaster> Porter, Bernard (2005). "M: MI5's First Spymaster". The English Historical Review. 120 (489): 21459–1460. https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fehr%2Fcei460 </ref>
 
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Event.png The Walsall Bomb Plot  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
Walsall anarchists poster.jpg
Date1892
PerpetratorsAuguste Coulon
Blamed onJean Battola, Victor Cails, Fred Charles
DescriptionA frame up of anarchists by the UK Police.

The Walsall Bomb Plot was a frame up of anarchists by the UK Police. Recent research into police files has revealed that the bombings were instigated by Auguste Coulon, an agent provocateur of Special Branch Inspector William Melville, who would go on to become an early official of what became MI5.[1]

 

The Official Culprits

Name
Fred Charles
Jean Battola
Victor Cails
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References

  1. Porter, Bernard (2005). "M: MI5's First Spymaster". The English Historical Review. 120 (489): 21459–1460. https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fehr%2Fcei460


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