Cannon Street train bombing
| Cannon Street train bombing | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Troubles | |
| Location | City of London, United Kingdom |
| Date | 4 March 1976 08:48 (UTC) |
Attack type | Bomb |
| Deaths | 0 |
| Injured | 8 |
| Perpetrator | Provisional IRA |
The Cannon Street train bombing was a terrorist attack against commuter rail at Cannon Street station in the City of London, United Kingdom. A 10 lb bomb was detonated in an empty train at the terminus in the morning of Thursday 4 March 1976. The bomb wounded eight commuters in another passing train. The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) was responsible for the blast.[1]
Minutes earlier, the train had been full of rush-hour commuters from Sevenoaks, and had the bomb exploded earlier it could have caused many more casualties and possibly fatalities.[2][3]
At the time, the IRA was targeting trains in London. On 13 February 1976, a 20 lb bomb at Oxford Circus tube station was safely defused. Eleven days after Cannon Street, a 5 lb bomb prematurely detonated in a train at West Ham station. The next day, one man was injured in a tube train blast at Wood Green tube station.[4]
See also
- West Ham station attack
- King's Cross station and Euston station bombings
- Provisional Irish Republican Army campaign 1969–1997
- Parsons Green train bombing
References
- ^ Jones, Ian (31 October 2016). "London: Bombed Blitzed and Blown Up: The British Capital Under Attack Since 1867". Frontline Books – via Google Books.
- ^ "Cannon Street Railway Station". www.gracesguide.co.uk.
- ^ Limited, Alamy. "Stock Photo - Mar. 03, 1976 - A Bomb Blasts An Empty Train Outside Cannon Street Station: A bomb exploded on an empty train that was leaving Cannon street station in the city of London". Alamy.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "1976: Tube driver shot dead". 15 March 1976 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
