The Harrods Bombing occurred on December 17, 1983. A warning of the bomb came when a man using an IRA code word telephoned the central London office of the Samaritans organisation at 12.44 pm. The caller said there were bombs inside and outside Harrods specifying the registration number of the car the device was in. Three police officers approached the car to try and diffuse the device. Unfortunately the bomb exploded at 1330 GMT killing all three officers. Car bomb in Iraq, made from a number of concealed artillery shells in the back of a pickup truck. ... A Republican mural in Belfast depicting the hunger strikes of 1981. ... December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The acronym IRA may refer to: Irish Republican Army See also List of IRAs Irish Republican Army (1919-1921), the army of the Irish Republic, that fought the Irish War of Independence against British rule, 1916 - 1921. ... For the ethnic group of this name, see Samaritan. ... The Harrods storefront Harrods is an upmarket department store on Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, London, England. ...

Harrods have subsequently installed a radio transmission block in the building to prevent a remote bomb detonation. This means that you cannot use mobile telephones while in the store.

Details of the Bomb

The bomb contained between 25 and 30 lbs of explosives. It was detonated by a timing device and not by remote control, as previously suspected. The device was left in a 1972 blue Austin 1300 GT four door saloon, with a black vinyl roof - which was subsequently blown onto the roof of a nearby five-story building. The Austin Motor Company was a British manufacturer of automobiles that rose to be a major motorcar brand, the dominant partner after merger with Morris in 1952 but declining after absorption into the British Leyland Motor Corporation, and its subsequent troubles. ...

A Second Bomb Warning

A second warning call was made to authorities at the time of the first explosion. They claimed a bomb had been placed in the heart of Oxford Street. It was said to be at the C&A store on the east side of the shopping street. Police tried to clear the area crowded with shoppers and cordoned it off but it was later found to be a false alarm. Oxford Street, from the top deck of a bus Oxford Street is a major thoroughfare in London, England in the City of Westminster, and one of the worlds most famous streets for shopping. ...

See also

• Harrods
• Directory of the Northern Ireland Troubles
• Chronology of Provisional IRA Actions
• List of terrorist incidents (Worldwide)
• List of terrorist incidents in the United Kingdom
• List of London bombings

The Harrods storefront Harrods is an upmarket department store on Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, London, England. ... The whole of Northern Ireland has, in some way, been caught up in the Troubles and subsequent peace process. ... This page is chronology of activities by the Provisional Irish Republican Army - an Irish paramilitary group. ... The following is a timeline of acts and failed attempts that can be considered terrorism. ... The following is a list of terrorist incidents in the United Kingdom, including incidents where people were arrested under the terrorist laws and later released without charge. ...

External links

• On this Day Report by the BBC
• Witness accounts of the event on the BBC
• News article on the incident by the Guardian