Balfour House Bombing
On 26 July 1994 a bomb exploded outside Balfour House, a prominent building on North Finchley High Street and home to an Israeli charity. Earlier, on the same day, a bomb had exploded outside the Israeli embassy. Two Lebanese Palestinians, Samar Alami and Jawad Botmeh, were subsequently convicted of carrying out the Finchley bombing. "Tally Ho Bombers Lose Court Appeal", Guardian.co.uk, 2001-11-01, http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/15117.tally_ho_bombers_lose_court_appeal/
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