Hyde Park Bomb: Man Charged Over 1982 Attack

The Skynews, UK ^ | 1:29pm UK, Wednesday 22 May 2013 | Skynews

[granada]

John Downey, 61, has been arrested and charged with detonating a nail bomb in Hyde Park on July 20, 1982, that killed four soldiers.

The bomb was the first of two explosions that killed a total of eleven soldiers and seven army horses. The four soldiers in Hyde Park served with the Blues and Royals regiment.

A second bomb, detonated two hours later, killed seven military bandsmen.

The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) claimed responsibility for both attacks.

Sue Hemming, Head of Special Crime and Counter-Terrorism at the Crown Prosecution Service, said: "The Metropolitan Police Service has been investigating the explosion near Hyde Park in London which occurred on 20 July, 1982.

"We have reviewed the evidence gathered and authorised them to charge John Anthony Downey, 61, of County Donegal, Ireland.

"It is alleged that Downey is responsible for the improvised explosive device contained in a car parked in South Carriage Drive, SW1, London which resulted in the deaths of four members of the Royal Household Cavalry, Blues and Royals, as they travelled on their daily route from their barracks to Buckingham Palace.

"Downey has been charged with the murders of Roy John Bright, Dennis Richard Anthony Daly, Simon Andrew Tipper and Geoffrey Vernon Young. He has also been charged with intending to cause an explosion likely to endanger life.

"We have determined that there is sufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction and that these charges are in the public interest."

[txrefugee]

When will Bill Ayers and his terrorist wife, Bernadine Dohrn, be arrested for their terroristic murders in the ‘60s? When their bff Obama leaves office?

[Baynative]

BINGO! It's time to reopen the Police Station bombing case where Ayers and Dohrn killed a uniformed officer.