Regent's Park bombing
The Regent's Park bombing was the second IRA attack on 20 July 1982 and happened at about 12:55pm, when a time bomb exploded underneath the bandstand in London's Regent's Park. Thirty military bandsmen of the Royal Green Jackets were on the stand performing music from Oliver! to a crowd of 120 people. It was the first in a series of advertised lunchtime concerts there.[1]
Six of the bandsmen were killed outright and the rest were wounded; a seventh died of his wounds on 1 August 1982. At least eight civilians were also injured. The bomb had been hidden under the bandstand some while before, and was triggered by a timer. Unlike the Hyde Park bombing, the Regent's Park bomb did not contain nails and seemed to be designed to cause minimal harm to those in the audience.
The seven bandsmen who died were Graham Barker, John Heritage, Robert Livingstone, John McKnight, George Mesure, Keith Powell and Laurence Smith.
No one has ever been charged in connection with the Regent's Park bombing.[2]
References
- ↑ Chalk, Peter. Encyclopedia of Terrorism. ABC-CLIO, 2012. pp.614–615. ISBN 0313308950
- ↑ "1982: IRA bombs cause carnage in London" On This Day
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