What the records say
- When
- 5 Oct 1974
- Kind
- Terrorist attack
- Coordinates
- 51.24° N, 0.57° W
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Guildford pub bombings.
Summary
Guildford pub bombings: Bombs planted by the IRA at pubs patronised by off-duty soldiers, The Horse and Groom and The Seven Stars, kill five people
Guildford pub bombings
1974 IRA bombings in Surrey, England
The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) detonated two 6-pound (2.7-kilogram) gelignite bombs at two pubs in Guildford, Surrey, England on 5 October 1974. The pubs were targeted that evening because they were popular with British Army personnel stationed at Pirbright barracks. Four soldiers and one civilian were killed. Sixty-five people were wounded.
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