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Today in True Crime

April 17, 1999: David Copeland Sets off Nail Bomb in London

Today in True Crime

Parcast

True Crime, Education, History

4.42.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2021

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Intending to kill members of South London’s diverse Brixton neighborhood, 22-year-old neo-Nazi David Copeland set off a nail bomb that injured 48 people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:38.3

On this day in 1999, 22-year-old David Copeland set off a nail bomb injuring 48 people in South London's Brixton neighborhood.

0:49.3

His goal was to kill members of the area's culturally diverse community.

1:11.8

Welcome to Today in True Crime, a Spotify original from Parcast. Due to the graphic nature of these crimes, listener discretion is advised. We advise extreme caution for children under 13.

1:15.6

Today, we're covering the vile nail bomb attack carried out by 22-year-old neo-Nazi, David Copeland.

1:20.6

Let's go back to London, England,

1:22.3

on April 17, 1999, just after 3 p.m.

1:34.3

David Copeland held his breath as he surveyed his masterpiece. The device was almost ready.

1:41.3

It wasn't much to look at, really, just a plastic pipe filled with flash

1:45.5

powder and sealed with glue. There was a clock, of course, and a detonator. As he programmed the

1:53.2

timer, he considered his heroes, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Saddam Hussein, and serial killer Henry Lee Lucas.

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