1992 Manchester bombing

1992 IRA attack in England March 2019 March 2019 event February 2022 1992 Manchester bombing The Troubles Manchester Cathedral - geograph.org.uk - 1423509.jpg Manchester Cathedral, near the site of the bombing Manchester, England 3 December 1992 08:31 and 10:09 UTC Car bomb, time bomb 0 65 Provisional IRAcollapsed The 1992 Manchester bombing was an attack by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) on Thursday, 3 December 1992. Two 2 lb 1 on on bombs exploded, wounding 64 people and damaging several buildings in the city of Manchester.IRA widens bomb campaign: Manchester shoppers hurt as attacks on commerce switch away from London https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ira-widens-bomb-campaign-manchester-shoppers-hurt-as-attacks-on-commerce-switch-away-from-london-1561326.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ira-widens-bomb-campaign-manchester-shoppers-hurt-as-attacks-on-commerce-switch-away-from-london-1561326.html 1 May 2022 subscription live The Independent 4 December 1992 3 May 2017 Bombing The first bomb to explode was inside a car that was parked at Parsonage Gardens in the commercial district of the city. The car bomb was behind a House of Fraser store (53.48269 -2.248658 type:event_source:enwiki inline) and exploded at 8:31 am, injuring six people.Aanslagen eisen 65 gewonden The second bomb exploded on Cateaton Street between a market and Manchester Cathedral (53.48454 -2.244714 type:event_source:enwiki inline) at 10:09 am, wounding 58 peopleDecember 2022 and damaging many buildings. The impact smashed the face of the cathedral clock and its stained glass windows. The cathedral provided refuge to hundreds of people who moved out of Deansgate. Aftermath A phone call was made after the bombings, claiming more devices were in the city,http://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=199212030030 199212030030 Global Terrorism Database National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism forcing the police to evacuate the entire city centre of shoppers and tell others to remain indoors. No other bombs were found.https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/3/newsid_2519000/2519715.stm 1992: Bomb explosions in Manchester BBC BBC News Online 3 December 1992 The damage was estimated to have been to the value of £10 million (equivalent to about £19 million in 2017).https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/3/newsid_2519000/2519715.stm news.bbc.co.uk BBC ON THIS DAY | 3 | 1992: Bomb explosions in Manchester 3 December 1992 24 November 2016 Perpetrators The day after the bombing, the Provisional IRA claimed responsibility for the act, which was part of their wider bombing campaign throughout the 1990s in England. Four years later, they detonated another, much more powerful, bomb in Manchester. See also Chronology of Provisional Irish Republican Army actions (1992–1999) References 2 Category:1992 in England Category:Car and truck bombings in 1992 Category:1992 crimes in the United Kingdom Category:1990s crimes in Manchester Category:Car and truck bombings in England Category:December 1992 in the United Kingdom Category:Provisional IRA bombings in England Category:Terrorist incidents in Manchester Category:Building bombings in England Category:1992 building bombings