Enniskillen bombing

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The Enniskillen bombing was a 1987 IRA bomb attack during a Remembrance Day ceremony in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, that killed 11 civilians and became one of the most widely condemned atrocities of the Troubles.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf bombing
event of The Troubles
terrorist attack
aftermath led to increased calls for peace process in Northern Ireland
strengthened opposition to IRA violence
buildingDamaged Reading Rooms building near the war memorial
commemoratedBy annual remembrance services in Enniskillen
conflict The Troubles
country United Kingdom
date 8 November 1987
dayOfWeek Sunday
describedAs one of the most widely condemned atrocities of The Troubles
explosiveDevice bomb placed in a nearby building
location County Fermanagh
Enniskillen
Northern Ireland
memorializedOn Armistice Day
surface form: Remembrance Day in the United Kingdom
method time bomb
notableFor high civilian death toll
impact on public opinion during The Troubles
widespread condemnation
numberOfDeaths 11
numberOfInjured 60+
occasion Remembrance Sunday national service
surface form: Remembrance Sunday
partOf IRA bombing campaign in the 1980s
perpetrator Provisional Irish Republican Army
primaryVictimGroup people attending a war memorial service
target Remembrance Sunday national service
surface form: Remembrance Day ceremony

civilians
timeOfDay morning
victimType civilian
year 1987

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The Troubles significantEvent Enniskillen bombing