Telephoned warnings were sent six minutes beforehand, at approximately 00:26 UTC, but five people were injured from falling glass as a result of the blasts, and damage was caused to some shops and flats in the surrounding area.

Two days later, on 4 October, the IRA detonated four more bombs in north London, two in Tottenham Lane and two more in Archway Road resulting in four injuries.

[2][3] In 1994, talks were continuing between the two largest Irish nationalists in Northern Ireland; John Hume of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), and Gerry Adams of Sinn Féin (SF).

[7][8] At 00:20 UTC on 2 October 1993, a telephone warning was sent to a Domino's Pizza on Finchley Road, a major dual carriageway in north London.

[7] A fourth bomb was then found and subsequently defused by anti-terrorism officers a mile north of Finchley Road in Golders Green.

[10] On 4 October, police issued an artist's impression of a suspect for the blast, who was said to be wearing a duffel coat-type garment with distinctive yellow bands around it.