Name Harry Pitts | Died April 30, 1897 | |
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Harry Pitts (27 June 1861 - 30 April 1897) was the first person to be killed by a terrorist attack on the London Underground.
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Pitts died of injuries received from a bomb which exploded at Aldersgate Station (now Barbican) on 26 April 1897. The bomb was planted by Russian anarchists in revenge for one of their members being given a seven-year prison sentence. At an inquest into Pitts death a verdict of "wilful murder against person or persons unknown" was recorded.
Pitts was born in Bradninch, Devon the son of a millwright. He briefly spent some time in Lancashire before settling in Tottenham, North London. He was married and had two daughters.
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