Musgrave Park Hospital bombing

Musgrave Park Hospital bombing
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Musgrave Park Hospital military wing gutted by the explosion
Musgrave Park Hospital bombing is located in Northern Ireland
Musgrave Park Hospital bombing
LocationBallygammon, Belfast, County Antrim,
Northern Ireland
Coordinates54°34′03″N 5°58′37″W / 54.56750°N 5.97694°W / 54.56750; -5.97694
Date2 November 1991
4:35PM (GMT)
TargetMilitary wing of the Hospital
Attack type
Bombing
Deaths2 British soldiers
Injured9 British soldiers
2 Civilians
PerpetratorProvisional IRA

On 2 November 1991, a bomb planted by the Provisional IRA exploded in the Military Wing at Musgrave Park Hospital, Belfast. Two British soldiers were killed and nine others were wounded. Two children, a five-year-old girl and a baby of four months, were also injured by the blast.