Chelsea bombs

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33443, 26 January 1974, Page 9

Chelsea bombs

GV.Z.P.A.-Reuter— Copyright) LONDON, January 25. Three explosions — one outside the home of a member of Parliament — rocked the exclusive Chelsea area of London late last night.

Mr Oscar Murton, a conservative M.P., and a deputy to the speaker of the House of Commons, had the front door of his four-storey home shattered and scorched. But there were no casualties from the blasts, which police believe were caused by I arcel bombs left in the doorways and a window box in the three separate streets. Police suspect sympathisers of the underground Irish Republican Army (1.R.A.) could be behind the bombings.

Fire engines were rushed to the scene but apart from shattered windows and wrecking the two doors, there appeared little damage.

In Strabane, Northern Ireland — Irish guerrillas launched their first air attack on British security forces yesterday when they hijacked a helicopter and aimed two I explosive-packed milk churns 'at a police station. But both bombs fell wide •of their target. One landed about 50 yards from the (police station and the other i splashed into the River (Moume, about 500 yards i away.