Will Brighton bomber return for anniversary? (UK)
The man who planted the Brighton hotel bomb has been invited back to the seaside town to attend a commemoration marking the upcoming 25th anniversary of the IRA's most deadly attack on mainland Britain, The Independent has learnt.
Patrick Magee's 30lb bomb killed five people during the Conservative Party conference in October 1984 and nearly succeeded in assassinating the then prime minister Margaret Thatcher.
An official commemoration marking the bombing is being planned at the Brighton Grand hotel and will be led by the Tory peer Lord Tebbit and his wife Margaret, who was paralysed in the blast. They will unveil a memorial plaque on 12 October, 25 years on from a bomb blast that shocked British society.
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Patrick Magee's 30lb bomb killed five people during the Conservative Party conference in October 1984 and nearly succeeded in assassinating the then prime minister Margaret Thatcher.
An official commemoration marking the bombing is being planned at the Brighton Grand hotel and will be led by the Tory peer Lord Tebbit and his wife Margaret, who was paralysed in the blast. They will unveil a memorial plaque on 12 October, 25 years on from a bomb blast that shocked British society.