An IRA ceasefire ends with the Docklands bombing in London's Canary Wharf District, killing two people and causing over £85,000,000 worth of damage

Cuándo

9 feb 1996

Tipo

Atentado terrorista

Coordenadas

51.50° N, 0.02° W

Situado en: coordinates of the event it links, 1996 Docklands bombing.

Irish republican attack in London

On 9 February 1996, the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) detonated a powerful truck bomb in South Quay, outside Canary Wharf, in London Docklands. The blast killed two people and devastated a wide area, causing an estimated £150 million worth of damage. The IRA had sent warnings 90 minutes beforehand, but the area was not fully evacuated.

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