1979 Brussels bombing

1979 Brussels bombing
Part of the Troubles
LocationBrussels, Belgium
Coordinates50°50′48″N 4°21′9″E / 50.84667°N 4.35250°E / 50.84667; 4.35250
Date28 August 1979
15:00 (UTC)
Attack type
Bomb
Deaths0
Injured18
PerpetratorProvisional Irish Republican Army (IRA)

The 1979 Brussels bombing was an attack carried out by volunteers belonging to the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) against a British Army band on the Grand-Place/Grote Markt, the central square of Brussels, Belgium, on 28 August 1979.[1] The bombing injured seven bandsmen and eleven civilians,[2] and caused extensive damage.[1]

  1. ^ a b "I.r.a. Sets Off Bomb at Belgian Concert". The New York Times. 29 August 1979.
  2. ^ "IRA Killings Follows Lull In Terrorist Attacks Outside Britain With AM-Netherlands-Ira, Bjt". Associated Press.