1988 IRA bombing of British Army barracks in Germany
Glamorgan Barracks bombing
Part of the Troubles
Location
Duisburg, West Germany
Date
14 July 1988 (UTC)
Attack type
Bomb
Deaths
0
Injured
9
Perpetrator
Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA)
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See also: The Troubles in Ireland and Assassinations during the Troubles
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. Seventy soldiers were sleeping at the time of the explosion. The two 20 lb (9 kg) 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] The two bombs were placed some eight yards inside the barracks compound, against the wall of the quarters were some 70 soldiers were sleeping. None of the nine injured soldiers needed hospital treatment, although an army sergeant spokesman said they were very lucky nobody was killed. Moments after the blast police saw the IRA getaway car run a red lightand gave chase, but the IRA unit fired shots at the police car and the police gave up the chase, letting the IRA volunteers escape.[3]
A month after the Glamorgan barracks bombing, the IRA bombed Roy barracks in Düsseldorf, West Germany. The blast tore part of the roof and wounded three British soldiers and a civilian.[4]
^Times, Alan Cowell and Special To the New York. "British barracks struck in bombing". The New York Times.
^"Bombs Rip British Barracks in Germany; 9 Hurt". Associated Press. 13 July 1988 – via LA Times.
^Lawlor, Éamonn. "IRA Bomb British Base BROADCAST: 1988.JUL.13". RTE Archives Collections. RTE. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
^Ap (6 August 1988). "British Barracks Bombed in West Germany". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
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