Jane Asher

Jane Asher (April 5, 1946 - November 23, 1970) was a British actress. On November 23, 1970, she carried out a suicide bombing in the London Underground, targeting her ex-boyfriend, Paul McCartney.

The attack was directed at McCartney in retaliation for his womanizing, and negative songs directed at her such as "I'm Looking Through You" and "You Won't See Me".

McCartney was slightly injured. The bombing was described as a suicide attack, but was not deemed a terrorist attack as it appeared to be directed at one person.

The bombing
In the early hours of November 23, Asher ran into the London Underground with a bomb strapped around her.

She had planned the attack since 1969, after seeing Paul and his new wife, Linda Eastman, happily posing in a magazine.

Upon locating McCartney, Jane yelled, "Hi Paul!".

As he turned around, she detonated the bomb strapped around her, which damaged the walls and roof, but did not injure McCartney except for a few bruises and scratches.

It was later found that Asher's body was still in one piece when she blew herself up. She had died from blunt-force trauma.

Panic from the bombing
The entire London Underground was evacuated and all trains were taken off commission for 48 hours following the incident. The Underground remained closed for a week while authorities investigated the incident.

In Asher's home, a letter was found detailing her motives:"Dear police.

if you are reading this I would like to confirm that my target was indeed Paul McCartney.

A few years back, we had a few rows. I wanted to pursue my acting career, but he wanted me to drop it in favor of him. I understood where he was coming from.

But I don't believe in changing who you are for someone else's expense, so I rejected. We had an arguments (*Actual typo from the letter) over this.

So I rejected his phone calls after the argument, because I needed space.

On their album "Rubber Soul", he had two songs that I would like to highlight. "I'm Looking Through You" and "You Won't See Me".

Upon hearing that those songs were about me, and hearing what he actually wrote, I felt sadness. Then I felt anger. The fact that I was still getting flak over dating him raged me even more.

However, I bottled it up, because what do you do. You can't tell off teenage girls. Even though this gave me a strong feeling of impotence, adding further fuel to it all, my anger subsided.

We were okay-ish for the next few years, including getting engaged (which all the stupid teenage girls were inconvenienced by), up until July of 1968 when I pulled up at our home to find him in bed with some American girl, so I called off the engagement. After that, I was left alone by the nosy, uneducated mainstream media (and the rabid Beatle fans, who didn't really react to the split)

I went alright, I did a few movies, such as "The Buttercup Chain" and "Deep End", but I saw a photo of he and his new wife, Linda Eastman, in a magazine, and seeing his face just enraged me.

By the way, it wasn't because he was with another woman; I'm not some crazy stalker ex-girlfriend.

It was due to the fact that the mess I was trying to distance myself from suddenly shot right back to me, and not only that, the smug look on his face.

Again, I am not a crazy ex-girlfriend stalking him. I was hurt by his songs, and I can't believe it took me five years to finally get revenge."

- Jane Asher's letter