On the 19 January 1975 the Provisional IRA's Balcombe Street Gang carried out two separate gun attacks on hotels in London, England. It was the first attack of 1975 carried out by IRA unit who had been responsible for the Woolwich pub bombing &amp; Guildford pub bombings which resulted in the deaths of seven people (5 off-duty British soldiers &amp; 2 civilians) just a few months earlier. In total 12 people were injured from both attacks.