Benny's Bar bombing

Benny's Bar bombing
Part of the Troubles
Benny's Bar after the bombing
Location	Benny's Bar, Ship Street, Sailortown, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Date	31 October 1972
Attack type	Car bombing
Deaths	2 Catholic civilians
Injured	12
Perpetrator	Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF) Ulster Defence Association (UDA)

The Benny's Bar bombing was a paramilitary attack on 31 October 1972 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. A unit from the Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF) of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA), a loyalist paramilitary group, detonated a no-warning car bomb outside the Irish Catholic-owned Benny's Bar in the dockland area of Sailortown, killing two young girls trick-or-treating in the area: Clare Hughes (4); and Paula Strong (6). Twelve of the pub's patrons were also injured in the explosion.^[1]