What the records say
- When
- 22 Feb 1972
- Kind
- Terrorist attack
- Coordinates
- 51.25° N, 0.77° W
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 1972 Aldershot bombing.
Summary
The Troubles: 1972 Aldershot bombing – A car bomb planted by the Official Irish Republican Army kills seven people outside a British military base in Aldershot, England.
1972 Aldershot bombing
1972 bombing by the Official IRA
The 1972 Aldershot bombing was a car bomb attack by the Official Irish Republican Army on 22 February 1972 in Aldershot, England. The bomb targeted the headquarters of the British Army's 16th Parachute Brigade and was claimed as a revenge attack for Bloody Sunday. Six civilian staff and a Catholic military chaplain were killed and 19 were wounded.
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