Westminster attack explained

Westminster attack may refer to any of the following attacks that have occurred within Westminster or the City of Westminster:

Attacks

• The Blitz (1940–1941) – affected London as a whole including Westminster.
• 1973 Westminster bombing, a car bomb outside the Home Office on Thorney Street
• 1974 Houses of Parliament bombing
• 1975 Piccadilly bombing, at a bus stop near The Ritz and Green Park tube station
• Assassination of Airey Neave, which took place at the Houses of Parliament car park in 1979
• Downing Street mortar attack (1991)
• Aldwych bus bombing (1996)
• 2017 Westminster attack, at Westminster Bridge and the Houses of Parliament
• 2017 Westminster cyberattack
• 2018 Westminster car attack

Attempted attacks

• Gunpowder Plot (1605) by Guy Fawkes et al.

See also

• London attack