What the records say
- When
- 22 Sep 1989
- Kind
- Terrorist attack
- Coordinates
- 51.21° N, 1.40° E
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Deal barracks bombing.
Summary
Deal barracks bombing: An IRA bomb explodes at the Royal Marine School of Music in Deal, Kent, United Kingdom, leaving 11 people dead and 22 injured
Deal barracks bombing
Incident in southern England during The Troubles
The Deal barracks bombing was an attack by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) on the Royal Marine Depot, Deal, England. It took place at 8:22 am on 22 September 1989, when the IRA exploded a time bomb at the Royal Marines School of Music building. The building collapsed, killing 11 marines from the Royal Marines Band Service and wounding another 21.
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