Terrorist attack
Open on the mapClaudy bombing ("Bloody Monday"), 10:00 AM: Three car bombs in Claudy
31 Jul 1972 · 54.91° N, 7.15° W
What the records say
- When
- 31 Jul 1972
- Kind
- Terrorist attack
- Coordinates
- 54.91° N, 7.15° W
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Claudy bombing.
Summary
Claudy bombing ("Bloody Monday"), 10:00 AM: Three car bombs in Claudy, County Londonderry, kill nine. It becomes public knowledge only in 2010 that a local Catholic priest was an IRA officer believed to be involved in the bombings but his role was covered up by the authorities.
The source
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