LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

West End hotel bomb blast

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:03:47

Description

Report on a bomb explosion at the Mount Royal Hotel in Central London which left one man dead and one injured (17/01/80). Includes interviews with eyewitnesses including Hazel Meredith and (poss.) Daphne Masarakis; press statement by Commander Peter Duffy, Scotland Yard Anti-Terrorist Squad. Female reporter not identified. (A group calling itself The May 15 Arab Organization later claimed responsibility).

Contributors

Peter Duffy; Hazel Meredith; Daphne Masarakis?

Keywords

Deaths; Middle East; London; Terrorism; Palestine; Hotels; Bombs; Explosions; Mount Royal Hotel

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