1999 London nail bombings
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The 1999 London nail bombings were a series of bomb explosions in London, England. Over three successive weekends between 17 and 30 April 1999, homemade nail bombs were detonated in Brixton in South London; at Brick Lane, Spitalfields, in the East End; and at the Admiral Duncan pub in Soho in the West End. Each bomb contained up to 1 500 100 mm nails, in duffel bags that were left in public spaces. The bombs killed three people and injured 140 people, four of whom lost limbs.
1999 London bombings | |
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Location | London, England |
Date | 17 April 1999 (1999-04-17) – 30 April 1999 (1999-04-30) |
Target | Black British, British Bengali and LGBT populations in London |
Attack type | White supremacist terrorism, bombings, murder |
Weapons | Nail bomb |
Deaths | 4 (including an unborn baby) |
Injured | 140 |
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Motive | Neo-Nazism / Attempt to start a race war in England |
On 2 May 1999, the Metropolitan Police Anti-Terrorist Branch charged 22-year-old David Copeland with murder. Copeland, who became known as the "London nail bomber", was a Neo-Nazi militant and a former member of two political groups, the British National Party and then the National Socialist Movement. The bombings were aimed at London's black, Bengalese, and LGBT communities.[1] Copeland was convicted of murder in 2000 and given six life sentences.[1]