Honourable Artillery Company bombing
On 9 June 1990, the Provisional IRA detonated a time bomb inside the Armoury House hall of the Honourable Artillery Company's (HAC) military barracks in London, England.[1] Nineteen people, all young civilians and mostly students, were wounded in the blast. All of them suffered minor injuries.[2] At the time the hall was hired for a 21st birthday party of a Cambridge law student,[3] on most other Saturdays the bar is full of Territorial Army (TA) reserve soldiers.[2] The bomb was left on a short timer of only an hour before its explosion shortly before midnight, and no warning was given, but fatalities were avoided because of the hall's roof structure.[4]
| Honourable Artillery Company bombing | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Troubles | |
 Armoury House, the building where the bomb occurred | |
| Location | St Luke's, London, United Kingdom |
| Date | 9 June 1990 (UTC) |
Attack type | Time bomb |
| Deaths | 0 |
| Injured | 19 |
| Perpetrator | Provisional Irish Republican Army |
See also
- Lichfield gun attack
- Carlton Club bombing
- Deal barracks bombing
- Inglis Barracks bombing
- 1990 Wembley bombing
- 1990 Eltham bombing
- Killings of Nick Spanos and Stephen Melrose
- London Stock Exchange bombing
- Provisional Irish Republican Army campaign 1969–1997
References
- AP. "Bombs Injure 17 in London And Off-Duty Ulster Soldier".
- "LONDON BARRACKS BOMB INJURES 17 CIVILIANS". 11 June 1990 – via www.washingtonpost.com.
- "TA bomb may have been set during party". HeraldScotland.
- Powell, Gary (15 January 2017). "Death Diary: A Year of London Murder, Execution, Terrorism and Treason". Amberley Publishing Limited – via Google Books.
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