LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Royal Marines School of Music bombing-news bulletin (10 am)

Genre

News report; Interview; News bulletin

TX Date

23 Sep 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:01:38

Description

10.00 am news bulletin (edited) read by Douglas Cameron focusing on the IRA bomb attack on the Royal Marine School of Music in Deal, Kent, which killed 11 people and injured 20 (22/09/89). Includes report by Graham Majin; interviews with eyewitnesses, Nick Mullen (later convicted of assisting an IRA active service unit); Michael O’Grady. 3 people were reported dead at this stage. Also mentions Hurricane Hugo moving across the USA.

Contributors

Douglas Cameron; Graham Majin; Nick Mullen; Michael O’Grady

Keywords

USA; Deaths; Armed forces; Terrorism; Kent; IRA; Funerals; Navy; Bombs; Cyclones; Marines; Hurricane Hugo; Royal Marines School of Music; Deal; Military bands

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