Hyde Park & Regent's Park Bombings - 40 Years Ago

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The Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings were carried out on 20 July 1982 in London, England. Members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) detonated two improvised explosive devices during British military ceremonies in Hyde Park and Regent's Park, both in central London.

The explosions killed eleven military personnel: four soldiers of the Blues and Royals at Hyde Park, and seven bandsmen of the Royal Green Jackets at Regent's Park. Seven of the Blues and Royals' horses were also killed in the attack. One seriously injured horse, Sefton, survived and was subsequently featured on television programmes and was awarded "Horse of the Year".^[1]

Above copied and pasted from the Wikipedia article.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-62228468 RIP

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AS ALWAYS GBNF.

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It got a 15 second mention on the news. Something about the families pushing for action. We already know the main culprit as he was one of those given a "get out of jail card" by Blair.

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as I said before I know, we were travelling on tube to Heathrow as news came through by word of mouth, at the airport it was being repeated everywhere, my kids were 12 and 10 then, never forget the day we left or forget.those who died