Walton's Restaurant bombing
| Walton's Restaurant bombing | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Troubles | |
| Location | Walton Street, Chelsea, London |
| Date | 18 November 1975 21:50 (GMT) |
| Target | London's West End Business' |
Attack type | Time bomb |
| Deaths | 2 |
| Injured | 23 |
| Perpetrators | Provisional IRA Balcombe Street Gang |
On Tuesday evening 18 November 1975 an Irish Republican Army (IRA) unit nicknamed the Balcombe Street Gang, without warning, threw a bomb into Walton's Restaurant in Walton Street, Knightsbridge, London, killing two people and injuring almost two dozen others.