The Troubles: 1972 Aldershot bombing

Quando

22 de fev. de 1972

Tipo

Ataque terrorista

Coordenadas

51.25° N, 0.77° W

Posicionado em: coordinates of the event it links, 1972 Aldershot bombing.

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 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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