Other notable cases · 1984 · 1980s

Brighton Hotel Bombing

In October 1984 the IRA planted a bomb in the Grand Hotel, Brighton, in an attempt to assassinate Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet. Five people were killed; Thatcher survived. The bombers were never convicted.

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