ATV Today: 27.03.1981: Car Bomb Murder

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Summary

A report into a car bomb attack on a socialist bookshop on Stratford Road in Birmingham that led to the death of a woman.

Year:

1981

Duration:

0:00:00

Film type:

Colour / Sound

Company:

ATV

Master format:

Betacam SP

Description

A man drove a red and white Ford Escort into the doorway of the shop, covered it with petrol and then set it alight killing a woman who had been locked in the boot. It is thought that the woman was from Watford and had given the man a lift before she was attacked and bundled into the boot. Shots of activity at the scene including a coffin being loaded into a police van. Statement from a police officer confirmingham that the woman had been alive when the car was set alight.


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Notes

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