Russell Street Bombing
The Russell Street Bombing, for which Minogue was initially imprisoned, occurred at 1 pm on 27 March 1986. The blast killed 21 year old Constable Angela Taylor and left 22 people injured and caused massive amounts of damage to the Russell Street Police Headquarters and surrounding buildings, with damage estimated at over a million dollars.
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