Glamorgan barracks bombing
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IRA bombing of British Army barracks in Germany
Glamorgan Barracks bombing | |
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Location | Duisburg, West Germany |
Date | 14 July 1988 (UTC) |
Attack type | Bomb |
Deaths | 0 |
Injured | 9 |
Perpetrator | Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) |
The Glamorgan barracks bombing was the bombing of a British Army military barracks in Duisburg, West Germany, carried out by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). The attack injured nine soldiers. The Glamorgan barracks housed soldiers from the Royal Corps of Transport. Fifty soldiers were sleeping at the time of the explosion. The two 20 lb bombs blew a hole in the barracks and tore the roof. Nine British soldiers received minor wounds. It was the first IRA attack on the European mainland since the Netherlands attacks in May.[1][2]
A month after the Glamorgan barracks bombing, the IRA bombed Roy barracks in Düsseldorf, West Germany. The blast wounded three British soldiers and a civilian.[3]
See also[]
- 1988 IRA attacks in the Netherlands
- Operation Flavius
- 1987 Rheindahlen bombing
- Provisional Irish Republican Army campaign 1969–1997
References[]
- ^ Times, Alan Cowell and Special To the New York. "British barracks struck in bombing".
- ^ "Bombs Rip British Barracks in Germany; 9 Hurt". Associated Press. 13 July 1988 – via LA Times.
- ^ Ap (1988-08-06). "British Barracks Bombed in West Germany". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
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