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On Wednesday 20 September 2000, the Real Irish Republican Army (RIRA) carried out an attack on MI6 in Vauxhall, Lambeth, London. A Russian-built RPG-22 anti-tank rocket launcher, fired from 300 metres away from MI6 headquarters, struck the building on the south side of the eighth floor, causing superficial damage. No fatalities or injuries were recorded. Although London had been the targets of attacks before 2000, it had not been subjected to a rocket launcher attack; the first time a RPG-22 rocket launcher was used and seen in Britain. At the time of the attack the constituency of South Antrim was holding a by-election won by Democratic Unionist William McCrea defeating Ulster Unionist David Burnside. ==Background== London had been the target of earlier attacks. An IRA mortar shell was fired at 10 Downing Street and exploded during a cabinet meeting held by then Prime Minister John Major. Hammersmith Bridge was damaged by a small bomb blast in June 2000, resulting in the bridge requiring renovation. A further planting of a bomb occurred at West London railway station in July 2000. A by-election in the constituency of South Antrim was scheduled to held to be held hours before the attack. Democratic Unionist William McCrea was elected with 37.95% of the votes, defeating fellow candidates Ulster Unionist David Burnside, Donovan McClelland of the Social Democratic and Labour Party, Martin Meehan of Sinn Féin, David Ford of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland and David Collins of the Natural Law Party. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2000 MI6 attack」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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