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On 22 August 1972 a bomb planted by the Provisional Irish Republican Army, an Irish republican paramilitary group, detonated prematurely at a customs office in Newry. Three IRA members killed six civilians and themselves in the explosion. The event was one of the bloodiest of 1972, the deadliest year of the Troubles.[1][2]
^"CAIN: Chronology of the Conflict 1972". cain.ulst.ac.uk. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
^"CAIN: Sutton Index of Deaths". cain.ulst.ac.uk. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
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