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Hammersmith bomb attempt

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A PIRA bomb failed to explode under London's Hammersmith Bridge. It was the largest PIRA bomb planted in Britain.

Source Information

Elliott, S., and W.D. Flackes, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory, 1968-1999 (Belfast, Blackstaff 1999)