IRA bomb Shropshire barracks
- Title
- IRA bomb Shropshire barracks
- Genre
- News report; Interview
- TX Date
- 20 Jan 1989
- Year of production
- 1989
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- Duration
- 00:02:34
- Description
- Report by Simon Israel of what happened in the IRA bomb attack on 2nd Battalion Parachute Regiment Tern Hill barracks in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Includes interviews with Colonel Peter Hicks; Sergeant Major Bob Powell on the guard who raised the alarm saving soldiers’ lives; Police inspector Terry Lowe; local resident Brian Jones on lax security.
- Contributors
- Simon Israel; Terry Lowe; Brian Jones; Bob Powell; Peter Hicks
- Keywords
- Terrorism; IRA; Security; Army; Army personnel; Bombs; Shropshire; Shewsbury
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