Chelsea Barracks bombing

Chelsea Barracks bombing
Part of the Troubles
Junction of Ebury Bridge Road, close to the bomb's location
LocationBelgravia, City of Westminster, London
Coordinates51°29′22″N 0°09′01″W / 51.4895°N 0.1502°W / 51.4895; -0.1502
Date10 October 1981
12:00 (GMT)
TargetIrish Guards
Attack type
Nail bomb IED
Deaths2 civilians
Injured40 (23 soldiers)
PerpetratorsProvisional IRA

The Chelsea Barracks bombing was an attack carried out by a London-based Active Service Unit (ASU) of the Provisional IRA on 10 October 1981, using a remote-controlled nail bomb. The bomb targeted a bus carrying British Army soldiers just outside Chelsea Barracks. The blast killed two civilians and injured 40 people, among them 23 soldiers.[1]

  1. ^ Long, Christopher. "Chelsea Barracks, an IRA Bomb & the Regiment of the Irish Guards". Christopher A. Long. Retrieved 3 August 2020.

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