Balcombe Street Gang
The Balcombe Street Gang was a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) active service unit (ASU) (also known as the Balcombe Street Four or the Balcombe Street Unit) who carried out a bombing campaign in southern England in the mid-1970s. The majority of their attacks and attempted attacks took place in London and the rest in Surrey, Hampshire and Wiltshire. Between October 1974 and December 1975 they carried out approximately 40 bomb and gun attacks in and around London, sometimes attacking the same targets twice. The unit would sometimes carry out two or more attacks in one day; on 27 January 1975 they placed seven time bombs in London.
1973 Old Bailey bombing
1974 Oxford Street bombing
1975 Piccadilly bombing
Balcombe Street siege
Guildford pub bombings
Harrods bombing
Kensington Church Street
London Hilton bombing
Scott's Oyster Bar bombing
Walton's Restaurant bombing
Walton Street, London
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Balcombe Street Gang
The Balcombe Street Gang was a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) active service unit (ASU) (also known as the Balcombe Street Four or the Balcombe Street Unit) who carried out a bombing campaign in southern England in the mid-1970s. The majority of their attacks and attempted attacks took place in London and the rest in Surrey, Hampshire and Wiltshire. Between October 1974 and December 1975 they carried out approximately 40 bomb and gun attacks in and around London, sometimes attacking the same targets twice. The unit would sometimes carry out two or more attacks in one day; on 27 January 1975 they placed seven time bombs in London.
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Mainly London
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Safe houses in London
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Balcombe Street Gang
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Attacks include:
* Guildford bombings
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August 1975
* London Hilton bombing
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December 1974
* Carlton Tower & Portman Hotel shootings
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December 1974
* Oxford Street bombing
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December 1975
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February 1975
* Kensington Church Street bomb
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War
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gelignite, time bomb, throw bomb, Sten gun, M1 carbine, car bomb
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The Balcombe Street Gang was a ...... ed seven time bombs in London.
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Balcombe Street Gang
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