Deal barracks bombing

Deal barracks bombing
Part of The Troubles
LocationRoyal Marine barracks, Deal, Kent, England
Coordinates51°12′49″N 1°24′0″E / 51.21361°N 1.40000°E / 51.21361; 1.40000
Date22 September 1989
08:22 (GMT)
TargetRoyal Marines School of Music
Attack type
Time bomb
Deaths11 Royal Marines
Injured21 Royal Marines
PerpetratorProvisional IRA

The Deal barracks bombing was an attack by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) on the Royal Marine Depot, Deal, England. It took place at 8:22 am on 22 September 1989, when the IRA exploded a time bomb at the Royal Marines School of Music building. The building collapsed, killing 11 marines from the Royal Marines Band Service and wounding another 21.


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