Balcombe Street Gang

rdf:langString Balcombe Street Gang

rdf:langString Balcombe Street Gang

rdf:langString Mainly London

rdf:langString Safe houses in London

rdf:langString December 1975

rdf:langString Attacks include: * Guildford bombings

rdf:langString August 1975 * London Hilton bombing

rdf:langString December 1974 * Oxford Street bombing

rdf:langString February 1975 * Kensington Church Street bomb

rdf:langString January 1975 * Murder of Stephen Tibble

rdf:langString November 1974 * Telephone Exchange bombings

rdf:langString November 1975 * Balcombe St siege

rdf:langString November 1975 * Walton's bombing

rdf:langString October 1974 * Kings Arms, Woolwich

rdf:langString October 1975 * Scott's bombing

rdf:langString September 1975 * Green Park bomb

rdf:langString December 1974 * Carlton Tower & Portman Hotel shootings

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rdf:langString gelignite, time bomb, throw bomb, Sten gun, M1 carbine, car bomb

rdf:langString 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".