What the records say
- When
- 17 Feb 1978
- Kind
- Terrorist attack
- Coordinates
- 54.55° N, 5.82° W
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, La Mon restaurant bombing.
La Mon restaurant bombing
Bomb attack in Northern Ireland
On 17 February 1978, the Provisional IRA's Belfast Brigade left a large incendiary bomb outside the La Mon House hotel and restaurant in Comber, County Down, Northern Ireland. The attack, commonly known as the La Mon restaurant bombing, has been described as one of the worst atrocities of the Troubles.
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