Central News: 20.04.1990: Terrorist Attacks - World Cup

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Summary

Keith Wilkinson reports that a Bromsgrove doctor has warned the Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, that Palestinian terrorists are planning an attack on English World Cup football fans in Sardinia.

Year:

1990

Duration:

0:02:19

Film type:

Colour / Sound

Company:

Central Television

Master format:

RAID

Description

Dr Jim Swire, who has been researching Middle Eastern terrorists since his daughter, Flora, was killed in the Lockerbie air disaster, has been informed that the Italian Government has received warnings of planned attacks by Abu Nidal, a Palastinian revolutionary group. Interview with Dr Jim Swire about the need for publicity about the threat of attacks in order to give fans travelling to Sardinia due warning, to prompt the Italian Government to provide adequate security and also to deter the terrorists. Interview with Security Expert, Ronald Payne, who says that events such as the World Cup attract terrorist attention and that the Italians must take all possible precautions.

Shot of Dr Jim Swire at home on the phone and sendiing a fax. B/w still of Flora Swire. Wreckage after the Lockerbie disaster in 1988 (ITN). Abu Nidal training exercise (ITN). Brief shot of Sardinia (ITN). Exterior of the Foreign Office (ITN). Shot of Dr Swire and his wife Jane walking through field of young trees, planted in memory of their daughter.


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