Benny's Bar bombing

Benny's Bar bombing
Part of the Troubles
Benny's Bar after the bombing
LocationBenny's Bar, Ship Street, Sailortown, Belfast,
Northern Ireland
Date31 October 1972
Attack type
Car bombing
Deaths2 Catholic civilians
Injured12
PerpetratorUlster Freedom Fighters (UFF)
Ulster Defence Association (UDA)

The Benny's Bar bombing was a paramilitary attack on 31 October 1972 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. A unit from the Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF) of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA), a loyalist paramilitary group, detonated a no-warning car bomb outside the Irish Catholic-owned Benny's Bar in the dockland area of Sailortown, killing two young girls trick-or-treating in the area: Clare Hughes (4); and Paula Strong (6). Twelve of the pub's patrons were also injured in the explosion.[1]

  1. ^ "CAIN: Sutton Index of Deaths". Cain.ulst.ac.uk. 31 October 1972. Retrieved 16 December 2021.