| 词条 | 1976 Olympia bombing |
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|partof=the Troubles |title=1976 Olympia bombing |image= |caption= |location=West Kensington, London, United Kingdom |target= |date=27 March 1976 |time= |timezone=UTC |type=Bomb |fatalities= 1 |injuries=85 |perp=Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) }}{{Campaignbox Northern Ireland Troubles|state=collapsed}} The 1976 Olympia bombing was a bomb attack on 27 March 1976 carried out by the Provisional IRA at the Olympia exhibition centre in west London.[1] A 2 lb bomb exploded in a litter bin at the top of an escalator inside the centre, which at the time was crowded with 20,000 people attending the Daily Mail's Ideal Home Exhibition. 85 people were injured and 4 people lost limbs.[2] One casualty, 79-year-old Rachel Hyams, died from her injuries 21 days later.[3][4] Police said they received no coded warning from the IRA, but the Sunday Mirror in Manchester said it received a call from the Provisional IRA's “Irish Brigade” claiming responsibility.[5] Due to the outrage caused, the IRA temporarily halted its mainland bombing campaign. See also
References1. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/136934904/|title=Democrat and Chronicle from Rochester, New York on March 28, 1976 · Page 4|work=Newspapers.com|access-date=2018-05-16|language=en}} {{The Troubles|state=collapsed}}{{PIRA}}{{coord missing|London}}{{UK-history-stub}}2. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00j9w1d|title=Bombing of the 1976 Ideal Home Exhibition, 02/04/1976, Nationwide - BBC One|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-05-16}} 3. ^{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=8d_ZAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA193&lpg=PA193&dq=olympia+london+1976+bomb&source=bl&ots=B_pBjPR4WZ&sig=5xXepn6Y1HXV5MxNckiorH177r8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwin0fCo6YrbAhUCW8AKHS4_BR04ChDoAQhGMAY#v=onepage&q=olympia%20london%201976%20bomb&f=false|title=Wasted Years, Wasted Lives Volume 1: The British Army in Northern Ireland 1975-77|last=Wharton|first=Ken|date=2013-07-19|publisher=Helion and Company|isbn=9781909384552|language=en}} 4. ^{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=sdYcw7Zs3W4C&pg=PA641&lpg=PA641&dq=olympia+london+1976+bomb+%22Rachel+Hyams%22&source=bl&ots=OPdpIKrWCg&sig=zktyNcxHe7p4HpsmonEa4jj2prM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjX4NiF64rbAhUJV8AKHSNyBBcQ6AEIPjAG#v=onepage&q=olympia%20london%201976%20bomb%20%22Rachel%20Hyams%22&f=false|title=Lost Lives: The Stories of the Men, Women and Children who Died as a Result of the Northern Ireland Troubles|last=McKittrick|first=David|date=1999|publisher=Mainstream|isbn=9781840185041|language=en}} 5. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/03/28/archives/london-bomb-explosion-injures-80-at-exhibition-hall.html|title=London Bomb Explosion Injures 80 at Exhibition Hall|date=1976-03-28|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-05-16|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} 9 : 1976 in London|1976 murders in the United Kingdom|20th century in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham|Explosions in 1976|March 1976 crimes|March 1976 events in Europe|Olympia, London|Provisional IRA bombings in London|Terrorist incidents in the United Kingdom in 1976 |
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