1971: Minister's home bombed

Two bombs explode at the home of Employment Secretary Robert Carr on 12 January 1971.

The first device went off near the kitchen of the house in Barnet. The second went off a few minutes later, blowing back a police officer answering an emergency call after the first explosion.

The blasts came after a day of protest against a new industrial relations bill.

Two days after the explosions, an anonymous letter was sent to Fleet Street newspapers by an anarchist group calling themselves The Angry Brigade, in which they claimed responsibility for the attack.

BBC Archive: Originally broadcast on 13 January 1971.