1979 Brussels bombing | |
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Part of the Troubles | |
Location | Brussels, Belgium |
Coordinates | 50°50′48″N 4°21′9″E / 50.84667°N 4.35250°E |
Date | 28 August 1979 15:00 (UTC) |
Attack type | Bomb |
Deaths | 0 |
Injured | 18 |
Perpetrator | Provisional 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]