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 → |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.