Killing Thatcher: 'I think that was an assassination attempt, don't you?' – The Irish Times

In this extract from his new book, Killing Thatcher: The IRA, the Manhunt and the Long War on the Crown, Rory Carroll recounts the moment the bomb went off, the devastation it caused and the prime minister’s immediate reaction

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