Bombing
On 17 April 1999 the neo-Nazi bomber David Copeland planted a nail bomb outside a supermarket in Brixton Road with the intention of igniting a race war across Britain. A market trader was suspicious and moved it round the corner to a less crowded area in Electric Avenue. The bomb went off, injuring 39 people. Copeland planted two more bombs before he was caught: on 24 April in Brick Lane in the East End of London, which has a large South Asian community; and on 30 April in the Admiral Duncan pub in Soho's Old Compton Street, the heart of London's gay community. The latter bomb killed three. He was later caught and sentenced to serve six life terms.
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