<P> The Brighton hotel bombing was a Provisional Irish Republican Army ( IRA ) assassination attempt against the top tier of the British government in 1984 that occurred on 12 October 1984 at the Grand Brighton Hotel in Brighton , England . A long - delay time bomb was planted in the hotel by IRA member Patrick Magee , with the purpose of killing Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet , who were staying at the hotel for the Conservative Party conference . Although Thatcher narrowly escaped injury , five people were killed including a sitting Conservative MP , and 31 were injured . </P>
<P> The Brighton hotel bombing was a Provisional Irish Republican Army ( IRA ) assassination attempt against the top tier of the British government in 1984 that occurred on 12 October 1984 at the Grand Brighton Hotel in Brighton , England . A long - delay time bomb was planted in the hotel by IRA member Patrick Magee , with the purpose of killing Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet , who were staying at the hotel for the Conservative Party conference . Although Thatcher narrowly escaped injury , five people were killed including a sitting Conservative MP , and 31 were injured . </P>
of all the places for a terrorist to strike why brighton
of all the places for a terrorist to strike why brighton
assassination attempt against the top tier of the British government
assassination attempt against the top tier of the British government