Musgrave Park Hospital bombing | |
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Part of The Troubles and Operation Banner | |
Location | Ballygammon, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland |
Coordinates | 54°34′03″N 5°58′37″W / 54.56750°N 5.97694°W |
Date | 2 November 1991 4:35PM (GMT) |
Target | Military wing of the Hospital |
Attack type | Bombing |
Deaths | 2 British soldiers |
Injured | 9 British soldiers 2 Civilians |
Perpetrator | Provisional 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.