1994 London Israeli Embassy attack
The Israeli Embassy in London was subjected to a bombing attack on 26 July 1994, eight days after the AMIA bombing in Argentina—a car bomb exploded outside the embassy, injuring 20 people. The bomb comprised about 20 to 30 pounds of explosive, and blew up minutes after the driver left it.
The Israeli Ambassador and British intelligence experts blamed pro-Iranian extremists, allegedly linked to Hezbollah. Thirteen hours later a similar car bomb exploded outside Balfour House, the headquarters of the main organisation in London, injuring six.
Five Palestinians were arrested in London in January 1995 in connection with the bombings. In December 1996, two of them, both Palestinian science graduates who were educated in the UK, Jawad Botmeh and Samar Alami, were convicted of "conspiracy to cause explosions". They were sentenced to 20 years in jail, and lost their appeal in 2001. Nobody has been convicted for the actual bombings.
Botmeh was released from prison on 5 August 2008.
See Also
External links
- Israel's London embassy bombed – Report on the incident by the BBC
- Freedom and Justice for Samar and Jawad campaign site
