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- The Balcombe Street Gang was a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) active service unit (ASU) (also known as the Balcombe Street Four or the Balcombe Street Unit) who carried out a bombing campaign in southern England in the mid-1970s. The majority of their attacks and attempted attacks took place in London and the rest in Surrey, Hampshire and Wiltshire. Between October 1974 and December 1975 they carried out approximately 40 bomb and gun attacks in and around London, sometimes attacking the same targets twice. The unit would sometimes carry out two or more attacks in one day; on 27 January 1975 they placed seven time bombs in London. On 25 November 1974, they carried out three bomb attacks in the centre of London injuring 20 people. They were eventually caught during the Balcombe Street siege in December 1975, thus ending their 15-month bombing campaign in England. They have been described as "the most violent, ruthless and highly-trained unit ever sent to Britain by the Provisional IRA". (en)
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- Safe houses in London (en)
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- Balcombe Street Gang (en)
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- dbr:City_of_London_Police
- dbr:British_Army
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- dbr:Economic_warfare
- December 1975 (en)
- Attacks include:
* Guildford bombings (en)
- August 1975
* London Hilton bombing (en)
- December 1974
* Oxford Street bombing (en)
- February 1975
* Kensington Church Street bomb (en)
- January 1975
* Murder of Stephen Tibble (en)
- November 1974
* Telephone Exchange bombings (en)
- November 1975
* Balcombe St siege (en)
- November 1975
* Walton's bombing (en)
- October 1974
* Kings Arms, Woolwich (en)
- October 1975
* Scott's bombing (en)
- September 1975
* Green Park bomb (en)
- December 1974
* Carlton Tower & Portman Hotel shootings (en)
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- gelignite, time bomb, throw bomb, Sten gun, M1 carbine, car bomb (en)
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- The Balcombe Street Gang was a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) active service unit (ASU) (also known as the Balcombe Street Four or the Balcombe Street Unit) who carried out a bombing campaign in southern England in the mid-1970s. The majority of their attacks and attempted attacks took place in London and the rest in Surrey, Hampshire and Wiltshire. Between October 1974 and December 1975 they carried out approximately 40 bomb and gun attacks in and around London, sometimes attacking the same targets twice. The unit would sometimes carry out two or more attacks in one day; on 27 January 1975 they placed seven time bombs in London. (en)
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- Balcombe Street Gang (en)
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