2001 BBC bombing
The 2001 BBC bombing was an attack on the BBC’s main news centre within BBC Television Centre. Police officers were attempting to carry out a controlled explosion on the bomb with a bomb-disposal robot when it went off. The bomb was part of a Real IRA bombing campaign which would also include the Ealing bombing of 3 August 2001 and an attempted bombing in Birmingham city centre.
About 2001 BBC bombing in brief
The 2001 BBC bombing was an attack on the BBC’s main news centre within BBC Television Centre, on Wood Lane in the White City area of West London. Between ten and twenty pounds of high explosive had been placed in a red taxi that had been purchased on the morning of 3 March in Edmonton, north London.
Police officers were attempting to carry out a controlled explosion on the bomb with a bomb-disposal robot when it went off. The bomb was part of a Real IRA bombing campaign which would also include the Ealing bombing of 3 August 2001 and an attempted bombing in Birmingham city centre.
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