Freedom House bombing
| Freedom House bombing | |
|---|---|
| Part of British Guiana unrest 1964 | |
| Location | 6°48′42″N 58°09′45″W / 6.81170671°N 58.16246331°W Freedom House and compound of Guiana Import-Export Corporation Georgetown, Guyana; |
| Date | 17 July 1964 10:30 (Guiana Import-Export Corporation) 10:35 (Freedom House) (GMT-4) |
| Target | People's Progressive Party |
Attack type | Bombing |
| Weapon | Time bombs |
| Deaths | 2 |
| Injured | 19 |
| Perpetrator | Unknown |
| Accused | 3 |
| Convicted | 0 |
The Freedom House bombing was carried out on the morning of Friday 17 July 1964, at the headquarters of the People's Progressive Party (PPP), Georgetown, in what was then British Guiana and is now Guyana. A few minutes earlier, another bomb went off at the offices of the Guiana Import-Export Corporation (often known as Gimpex), approximately 400 metres away. Gimpex was a trading company privately owned by the PPP. One person was killed at each location, and there were many other people injured, including Janet Jagan, wife of British Guiana's premier.