1972 Aldershot bombing
The Aldershot bombing was an attack by the Official Irish Republican Army (Official IRA) using a car bomb 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. Seven civilian staff were killed and nineteen wounded. It was the Official IRA's largest attack in Britain during "the Troubles" and one of its last major actions before it declared a ceasefire in May 1972.
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1972 Aldershot bombing
The Aldershot bombing was an attack by the Official Irish Republican Army (Official IRA) using a car bomb 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. Seven civilian staff were killed and nineteen wounded. It was the Official IRA's largest attack in Britain during "the Troubles" and one of its last major actions before it declared a ceasefire in May 1972.
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Memorial now on the site of the building.
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1972-02-22
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British Army barracks, Aldershot, Hampshire, England
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Revenge for Bloody Sunday
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Noel Jenkinson
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Parachute Regiment of the British Army
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Aldershot Barracks Bombing
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The Aldershot bombing was an a ...... lared a ceasefire in May 1972.
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1972 Aldershot bombing
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