List of terrorist incidents in London
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This is a list of incidents in London that have been labelled as "terrorism". It includes various bomb attacks and other politically driven violent incidents.
Irish republican attacks
Fenian attacks during the Fenian Dynamite Campaign 1867–1885
1867
13 December 1867: "Clerkenwell Outrage": A bomb planted by Fenians at New Prison in Clerkenwell exploded, killing twelve passers-by.
1881
15 March 1881: A Fenian bomb was found and defused in the Mansion House, London.
1882
12 May 1882: A bomb exploded at the Mansion House, London.
1883
15 March 1883: Bombs exploded at government buildings at Whitehall, within Scotland Yard itself, and at the offices of The Times newspaper. There were no injuries.
30 October 1883: Two bombs exploded in the London Underground, at Paddington (Praed Street) station (injuring 70 people) and Westminster Bridge station.
1884
25 February 1884: A bomb exploded in the left-luggage room of Victoria station, London. The building was empty at the time and no-one was injured.
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