List of terrorist incidents in Great Britain

The following is a list of terrorist incidents in Great Britain, including incidents where people were arrested under the terrorist laws and later released without charge, but excluding events in Northern Ireland – a part of the United Kingdom.

Contents

Attacks involving violence or serious threat to life

1939 January - 1940 February

1970s

1980s

1990s

Refer also to the list of IRA terrorist incidents presented to Parliament between 1980 and 1994, listed halfway down the page here

2000-present

Prevented, failed or aborted attacks

These are attacks which could have constituted a threat to life had they worked or been large enough. Does not include attacks that were merely at a talking stage and were not actually in operation.

Given the nature of counter-terrorism, successes in preventing terrorist attacks in the UK will not always come to light, or not be as heavily promoted as intelligence failures. However, during the Police advocacy of 90 day detention during the Terrorism Act 2006 they produced documents listing all the cases about which they could not go into details.[21]

Arrests, detentions, and other incidents related to the Terrorism Acts

These are cases where either the Terrorism Acts were invoked, or which the authorities alleged were terrorist in nature at the time. It includes plots that were foiled at an early stage before any materials were actually assembled as well as totally innocent suspects.

See also

References

  1. ^ "1971: British minister's home bombed". BBC News. 12 January 1971. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/12/newsid_2523000/2523465.stm. Retrieved 8 May 2010. 
  2. ^ Bright, Martin (3 February 2002). "Look back in anger". The Guardian (London). http://observer.guardian.co.uk/life/story/0,6903,643923,00.html. Retrieved 8 May 2010. 
  3. ^ Bomb explodes in Post Office tower On this day report by the BBC
  4. ^ Parcel bomb attack on Israeli embassy On this day report by the BBC
  5. ^ Bomb blasts rock central London On this Day report by the BBC
  6. ^ IRA bombs parliament On this day report by the BBC
  7. ^ Bomb blast in London club On this Day report by the BBC
  8. ^ [1] Report
  9. ^ "1975: TV presenter Ross McWhirter shot dead". BBC News. 27 November 1975. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/27/newsid_2528000/2528787.stm. 
  10. ^ Picture and brief report.
  11. ^ Animal activists bomb Downing Street On the day report by the BBC
  12. ^ IRA bombs Stock Exchange On this Day report by the BBC.
  13. ^ a b De Baróid, Ciarán (2000). Ballymurphy And The Irish War. Pluto Press. p. 325. ISBN 0-7453-1509-7. 
  14. ^ IRA bombs Manchester On this Day report by the BBC.
  15. ^ "Bomb blast outside BBC". BBC News. 2001-03-04. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1201273.stm. Retrieved 2006-09-22. 
  16. ^ "Second blast at London post office". BBC News. 2001-05-06. 
  17. ^ "Car bombers rock west London". BBC News. 2001-08-03. 
  18. ^ "Bomb blast in Birmingham". BBC News. 2001-11-04. 
  19. ^ Tran, Mark (2000-06-01). "Dissident republicans suspected in Hammersmith bombing". London: The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/Northern_Ireland/Story/0,2763,327159,00.html. Retrieved 2007-12-19. 
  20. ^ Morris, Steven (2002-02-28). "'Bomb factory' Muslim jailed for 20 years". London: The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2002/feb/28/stevenmorris. Retrieved 2009-11-11. 
  21. ^ "Man held after city centre blast". BBC News. 2008-05-22. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/7415470.stm. Retrieved 2008-05-22. 
  22. ^ Fake Terror - Ricin Ring That Never Was
  23. ^ UK TERROR TRIAL FINDS NO TERROR
  24. ^ T cabin gate "Ricin plotter jailed for policeman's murder". London: The Guardian. 2005-04-13. http://www.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/story/0,,1458830,00.html. Retrieved 2007-12-19. 
  25. ^ "Man denies tunnel terror charges". BBC News. 2004-05-07. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/3693439.stm. Retrieved 2007-12-19. 
  26. ^ Muir, Hugh (2005-09-24). "British Muslim convert jailed for terrorism offences". London: The Guardian. http://politics.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/story/0,15935,1577303,00.html. Retrieved 2007-12-18. 
  27. ^ Wilson, Jamie (2004-09-27). "Terror police arrest four over 'dirty bomb' newspaper sting". London: The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1313272,00.html. Retrieved 2007-12-18. 
  28. ^ "'Terror plot' suspect is released". BBC News. 2004-09-30. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3705652.stm. Retrieved 2007-12-19. 
  29. ^ "Trio cleared of red mercury plot". BBC News. 2006-07-25. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/5176522.stm. Retrieved 2007-12-18. 
  30. ^ "Terror accused in 'mercury sting'". BBC News. 2006-04-25. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4943122.stm. Retrieved 2007-12-18. 
  31. ^ Mery, David (2005-09-22). "Suspicious behaviour on the tube". London: The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/attackonlondon/story/0,16132,1575532,00.html. Retrieved 2007-12-18. 
  32. ^ David Mery, Innocent in London – ‘Suspicious behaviour on the tube’, gizmonaut.net, http://gizmonaut.net/bits/suspect.html, retrieved 2010-05-07 .
  33. ^ "Terror charge man to face trial". BBC News. 2007-11-08. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7085828.stm. Retrieved 2007-12-18. 
  34. ^ a b "Man held after 'explosives' find". BBC News. 2007-11-01. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/humber/7073659.stm. Retrieved 2007-12-18. 
  35. ^ "BPP ORGANISER CHARGED!". BPP. Archived from the original on 2008-01-02. http://web.archive.org/web/20080102174111/http://www.bpp.org.uk/martyn1.html. Retrieved 2008-01-23. 
  36. ^ Brooke, Chris (2008-06-25). "Jailed for 16 years: Neo-Nazi paedophile found guilty of planning race war". London: Daily Mail. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1026850/Jailed-16-years-Neo-Nazi-paedophile-guilty-planning-race-war.html. Retrieved 2008-08-25. 
  37. ^ Melanie Newman, Nottingham Scholar Held for Six Days Under Anti-Terror Law, Times Higher Education, 29 May 2008 [2]
  38. ^ Polly Curtis, Student Researching Al-Qaeda Tactics Held for Six Days, The Guardian, 24 May 2008 [3]
  39. ^ Lee Glendinning, It Really is Psychological Torture, The Guardian, 11 June 2008 [4]
  40. ^ Victim of State Islamaphobia Speaks Out, You Tube [5]
  41. ^ Kevin Duffy "Police Silent on DNA Demand". Channel M. 2008-12-18. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x54hqTVtM78. Retrieved 2009-12-10.