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A time bomb is a bomb whose detonation is triggered by a timer. The use or attempted use of time bombs has been for various purposes including insurance fraud, terrorism, assassination, sabotage and w
Aftermath of the bombing at the Bologna railway station in August 1980 which killed 85 people, the deadliest event during the Years of Lead.
Aftermath of the Grand Hotel bombing in Brighton (1984) which was targeted at British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, the result of a time bomb which had been placed in the hotel nearly a month before it detonated. Thatcher wasn't harmed, but five others were killed and 31 were injured.
Brighton hotel bombing
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On 12 October 1984 the Provisional Irish Republican Army attempted to assassinate members of the British government, including the prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, at the Grand Hotel in Brighton, En
Time bomb
…of the bombing at the Bologna railway station in August 1980 which killed 85 people, the deadliest event during the Years of Lead. Aftermath of the Grand Hotel bombing in Brighton (1984) which was targeted at British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, the result of a time bomb which had been placed in the hotel nearly…
Margaret Thatcher, with her husband Denis (left), visiting Northern Ireland in 1982
Patrick Magee in 2014
Close-up of the damage caused by the bomb; the surviving chimney visible was equal in size to the one that fell through the hotel