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Saturday, April 24, 1993
A suspected IRA bomb ripped through the heart of London's financial district on Saturday, wounding more than 30 people and causing extensive damage to prestige office buildings. The bomb was packed into a construction lorry parked near two bank buildings, the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank and the landmark NatWest Tower.
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IRA Bombing of Hongkong Bank in London

Saturday, April 24, 1993

(Reuters) - A suspected IRA bomb ripped through the heart of London's financial district on Saturday, wounding more than 30 people and causing extensive damage to prestige office buildings. The bomb was packed into a construction lorry parked near two bank buildings, the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank and the landmark NatWest Tower.

City of London Bomb Alert

Saturday, April 24, 1993

(Reuters) - Police sealed off busy shopping streets around London's landmark Harrods department store on Saturday in a security alert following a suspected IRA bomb blast in the capital's financial district to the east. Sky News television showed deserted streets outside the store in London's exclusive Knightsbridge district.

IRA Claims Credit for London Bombing

Sunday, April 25, 1993

(Reuters) - The Irish Republican Army claimed responsibility on Sunday for a massive bomb that devastated London's financial district a day earlier, killing one man and wounding 44 people. A IRA statement blamed the government for the casualties, saying authorities had been given a coded warning more than an hour before the blast.

IRA Threatens London Bombing

Thursday, April 29, 1993

(Reuters) - Employees of London's Stock Exchange, which lies in the heart of the bomb-scarred City financial district, hid in the basement after a bomb threat on Thursday which turned out to be a hoax, police said. Bomb threats are not unusual at the Stock Exchange but this one set nerves jangling,