Sussex Arms pub bombing
| Sussex Arms pub bombing | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Troubles | |
| Location | Sussex Arms, Long Acre, Covent Garden, City of Westminster, London, United Kingdom |
| Date | 12 October 1992 13:30 (UTC) |
Attack type | Bomb |
| Deaths | 1 |
| Injured | 7 |
| Perpetrator | Provisional Irish Republican Army |
On 12 October 1992, the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) detonated a bomb that had been planted in the gents' toilets in the Sussex Arms pub in Upper St Martins Lane near Long Acre, London, killing a man and injuring seven other people.[1]
A telephone call to a radio station was made at 1:21 pm, nine minutes before the bomb exploded, saying a bomb had been placed "in the Leicester Square area";[citation needed] a tourist-frequented spot nearby.
The bomb exploded at 1:30pm, injuring eight people. One of the wounded - thirty-year-old nurse David Heffer - died from his injuries in hospital.[2] It was the eighth IRA bomb in London in a six-day period.[3]
See also
References
- ^ Robinson, Eugene (13 October 1992). "BOMB IN LONDON PUB INJURES SEVEN" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
- ^ "IRA pub blast victim dies of his injuries". Independent.co.uk. 14 October 1992. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022.
- ^ and, William E. Schmidt (13 October 1992). "5 HURT IN LONDON BY ANOTHER BOMB". The New York Times.