Thiepval barracks bombing

Thiepval barracks bombing
Part of the Troubles
Location	Lisburn, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Coordinates	54°31′31.15″N 6°02′52.96″W / 54.5253194°N 6.0480444°W / 54.5253194; -6.0480444
Date	7 October 1996 15:35 (UTC)
Target	British Army headquarters in Northern Ireland
Attack type	Bombing
Weapons	2 car bombs
Deaths	1 soldier
Injured	21 soldiers, 10 civilians
Perpetrator	Provisional IRA

The Thiepval Barracks bombing was a double car bomb attack carried out by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) on 7 October 1996. The bombs exploded inside Thiepval Barracks, the British Army headquarters in Northern Ireland. One British soldier was killed and 31 people were injured. This bombing was the first major attack on a military base in Northern Ireland since the end of the IRA's ceasefire eight months earlier.