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The 1999 London Bombings - April 17 2024

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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April 17th: David Copeland Bombing Started (1999) Hatred can make a seemingly harmless person into something incredibly dangerous. On April 17th 1999 the first of what would be three bombings took place in London that targeted members of a minority group. Bombings that were fueled by extreme hatred. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_London_nail_bombings, https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/david-copeland-today, https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2000/once-again-turner-diaries-inspires-bloodshed, https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/documentaries/true-crime/david-copeland-nail-bomber-netflix/, http://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/Psyc%20405/serial%20killers/Copeland,%20David%20-%20spring,%202006.pdf, https://thetab.com/uk/2021/05/27/david-copeland-london-1999-nail-bomber-manhunt-netflix-now-207173, https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/may/23/rightwing-attack-inevitable-warns-informant-who-identified-london-nail-bomber, https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1441344/David-Copeland-now-Is-David-Copeland-in-prison-dead-alive-Nail-Bomber-Manhunt-Netflix Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

There were two more murders, 15 miles away.

0:02.6

When police arrives, I found the telephones and electricity lines.

0:06.0

We have a weird homicide.

0:08.8

A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...

0:12.1

A cup of murder.

0:15.0

Hatred can make a seemingly harmless person into something incredibly dangerous.

0:20.9

On April 17, 1999, the first of what would be three bombings took place in London that targeted members of minority groups,

0:30.5

bombings that were fueled by extreme hatred.

0:34.5

So if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a

0:39.4

morning cup of murder. On Saturday, April 17, 1999, on Electric Avenue in Brixton, an area south of

0:48.8

London with a large black population, a bomb detonated inside the Brixton market.

0:56.0

An area teeming with traders, who, growing suspicious before the blast, noticed a man acting

1:02.4

oddly and moved the sports bag he left into an area that was less crowded.

1:08.4

Moved twice more by unconvinced traders and even removing the makeshift explosive

1:13.4

from the bag itself, it was eventually left next to the Iceland supermarket while the traders

1:19.7

called the police. They arrived at 5.25 p.m. just as the explosive finally went off. Made using explosives from fireworks, a total of 48 people

1:32.9

were injured when four-inch nails were blasted across the area and sent into all directions.

1:40.6

Windows were blown out, parked cars blasted, and as the smoke cleared and the injured were assessed,

1:47.6

many feared that the attack was made by someone targeting the city's non-white communities.

1:53.1

Later, several racist groups took those fears and added fuel to the fire

1:57.8

by claiming responsibility for the bombing.

2:01.3

It wasn't until the end, after the third bomb blasted,

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