London Hilton bombing

London Hilton bombing
Location	Hilton Hotel, Park Lane, London, UK.
Coordinates	51°30′19″N 0°09′01″W / 51.5054°N 0.1504°W / 51.5054; -0.1504Coordinates: 51°30′19″N 0°09′01″W / 51.5054°N 0.1504°W / 51.5054; -0.1504
Date	5 September 1975 12:18 (UTC+1)
Target	Unknown
Attack type	Bombing
Weapons	Home-made bomb
Deaths	2
Non-fatal injuries	63
Perpetrators	Provisional Irish Republican Army

On 5 September 1975 a bomb exploded in the lobby of the Hilton Hotel on Park Lane, London, killing two people and injuring 63.^[1]

Bombing

Ten minutes before the explosion, the Daily Mail newspaper received a warning by telephone. Having been notified, Scotland Yard immediately sent three officers to investigate, but they were not able to evacuate the building before the bomb exploded at 12:18 BST.^[2] The Provisional IRA claimed responsibility for the bombing.^[3]

Second bombing

A second attempt to bomb the London Hilton hotel was made on 7 September 1992. The explosion caused slight damage in a lavatory on the ground floor but nobody was injured.^[4]

Footnotes

↑ "1975: London Hilton bombed". BBC. 5 September 1975. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
↑ "Hilton Bombing (1st)". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. Free Library. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
↑ bbc.co.uk
↑ Durham, Michael (7 September 1992). "Bomb explodes at Hilton after IRA warning". London: Independent newspaper. Retrieved 12 May 2013.

Provisional Irish Republican Army

General

Organisation

Attacks

Insurgency, 1969–1977	Battle of St Matthew's Scottish soldiers' killings Balmoral showroom bombing Abercorn bombing Donegall St bombing Battle at Springmartin Bloody Friday Claudy bombing Coleraine bombings M62 coach bombing Guildford pub bombings British Airways bombing attempt Birmingham pub bombings Bayardo Bar attack Drummuckavall ambush Balcombe Street siege Kingsmill massacre

Long War, 1977–1988	Jonesboro Gazelle downing La Mon restaurant bombing Warrenpoint ambush Dunmurry train explosion Lough Foyle attacks Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings Harrods bombing Brighton hotel bombing Newry mortar attack Ballygawley attack

Peace Process, 1988–1998	Corporals killings Lisburn van bombing Ballygawley bus bombing Jonesborough ambush Deal barracks bombing Derryard attack Derrygorry Gazelle downing RFA Fort Victoria bombing Proxy bombings Downing St mortar attack Mullacreevie ambush Glenanne barracks bombing Teebane bombing Cloghoge attack 1992 Manchester bombing South Armagh sniper campaign Warrington bomb attacks Cullaville occupation Bishopsgate bombing Battle of Newry Road Shankill Road bombing Crossmaglen Lynx downing Drumcree conflict Docklands bombing 1996 Manchester bombing Osnabrück mortar attack Thiepval barracks bombing Coalisland attack July 1997 riots

Chiefs of Staff

Seán Mac Stíofáin (1969–72)
Joe Cahill (1972–73)
Seamus Twomey (1973)
Éamonn O'Doherty (1973–74)
Seamus Twomey (1974–77)
Gerry Adams (1977–78)
Martin McGuinness (1978–82)
Ivor Bell (1982–83)
Kevin McKenna (1983–97)
Thomas "Slab" Murphy (1997–2005)

Personalities
(Volunteers)

Associates

Derivatives

Prominent killings

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