Baltic Exchange bombing

Baltic Exchange bombing
Part of the Troubles
LocationSt Mary Axe, City of London, United Kingdom
Date10 April 1992
21:20 (UTC)
TargetCity of London
Attack type
Truck bomb
Deaths3
Injured91
PerpetratorProvisional Irish Republican Army (IRA)

The Baltic Exchange bombing was an attack by the Provisional IRA on the City of London, Britain's financial centre, on 10 April 1992,[1] the day after the General Election which re-elected John Major from the Conservative Party as Prime Minister.[2] The one-ton bomb – concealed in a van and consisting of a fertiliser device wrapped with a detonation cord made from 100 lb (45 kg) of semtex – was the biggest bomb detonated on mainland Britain since World War II.[3] The bombing killed three people, injured 91 others, and severely damaged the Baltic Exchange and its surroundings.

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  2. ^ "Baltic Exchange bomb: London Remembers, Aiming to capture all memorials in London". Londonremembers.com. 4 October 1992. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Scars from a bombing that won't heal | London Evening Standard". Standard.co.uk. 10 April 2002. Retrieved 18 May 2018.