What the records say
- When
- 7 Oct 1996
- Kind
- Terrorist attack
- Coordinates
- 54.53° N, 6.05° W
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Thiepval barracks bombing.
Summary
Thiepval barracks bombing: The IRA explodes two car bombs inside the British Army headquarters at Lisburn, killing one soldier and injuring 37 other people
Thiepval barracks bombing
1996 IRA attack in Lisburn, Northern Ireland
The Thiepval Barracks bombing was a double car bomb attack carried out by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) on 7 October 1996. The bombs exploded inside Thiepval Barracks, the British Army headquarters in Northern Ireland. One British soldier was killed and 31 people were injured.
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