Assassination
Open on the mapassassination of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
27 Aug 1979 · 54.47° N, 8.45° W
What the records say
- When
- 27 Aug 1979
- Kind
- Assassination
- Deaths
- 4
- Coordinates
- 54.47° N, 8.45° W
- Description
- 1979 bomb attack in Dublin, Ireland
The source
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