William Whitelaw, Home Secretary, and Sir David McNee
May 06, 1980 - SAS Squad Storm Iranian Embassy and Free Hostages: The air-day siege of the Iranian Embassy in London's Knightsbridge ended last night in a joint police-special Air Services Regt operation in which the remaining 19 hostages were brought out alive from the bombed and burning building with there of the five terrorists shot dead, one wounded and the other taken by SAS. Among the hostages freed were the three Britons - PC Trevor Lock. Simon Harris, a BBC Sound recordist, and Mr Ronald Morris, a clerk at the Embassy. sir David McNee. Metropolitan Police Commissioner, said the embassy was stormed after it was learned that two hostages inside the building had been killed. The terrorists had threatened to kill one hostages every half-hour unless their demands were met. There was no alternative but to send in the SAS to end the siege'. Sir David added. Photo Shows: The Home secretary Mr Willie Whitelaw (left) and Sir David McNee, Metropolitan Police Commissioner, during a press conference after the ending of the siege of the Iranian Embassy in London last night
