LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

IRA Warrington bomb attack and PC shooting

Genre

News report; Interview; Vox pop; Speech

TX Date

27 Feb 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:02:54

Description

John Pickford reports on yesterday’s IRA bomb attack on a gasworks in Warrington when 3 explosions caused a huge fireball but no fatalities. Includes statement by Cheshire Assistant Chief Constable Brian Glaister(?) on PC Mark Toker, shot when he stopped a van with three men in Warrington, and the subsequent police chase and arrest of two of the terrorists, who had hijacked a car. Also interviews with paramedic David Chadwick, who administered aid to Toker; Chief Fire Officer Dennis Davis; and eyewitnesses on the explosions.

Contributors

John Pickford; Brian Glaister(?); David Chadwick; Dennis Davis

Keywords

Terrorism; IRA; Warrington; Policemen; Bombs; Gas explosions; Arrests; Gasworks; Mark Toker

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