30th March 1979: The assassination of Airey Neave
On this day in 1979 Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Airey Neave was murdered by terrorists in Westminster. The Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) claimed responsibility, having planted a bomb under Neave's car. The bomb detonated as Neave was driving out of the car park of the Houses of Parliament, and he died at Westminster Hospital shortly afterwards.
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