1992 Staples Corner bombing
The 1992 Staples Corner bombing occurred on 11 April 1992 when the Provisional IRA detonated a large van bomb near the Staples Corner junction in North West London, England.The attack happened at 1:10 am, a few hours after the major bombing of the Baltic Exchange seven miles away which killed three people.[1] The IRA gave telephone warnings 50 minutes prior from a phone operator in Portadown, Northern Ireland.[7] On the morning of 8 October 1993, the IRA targeted Staples Corner once again with a small explosion.In 1994 two IRA members, Gerard Mackin and Derek Doherty, were found guilty of planting 12 bombs throughout London over seven days in October 1993.