IRA bomb attack kills seven
- Title
- IRA bomb attack kills seven
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 21 Aug 1988
- Year of production
- 1988
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- Duration
- 00:03:00
- Description
- Interview with President of Northern Ireland’s Alliance Party, Paddy Bogan, about an IRA bomb attack which killed seven soldiers and injured twenty-nine at Curr, near Ballygawley. The landmine exploded under an army bus taking them back to barracks after leave. The dead were later named as Jayson Burfitt (19), Richard Greener (21), Mark Norsworthy (18), Stephen Wilkinson (18), Jason Winter (19), Blair Bishop (19), Alexander Lewis (18) and Peter Bullock. Male reporter not identified.
- Contributors
- Paddy Bogan
- Keywords
- Armed forces; Northern Ireland; Terrorism; IRA; Army; Bombs; County Tyrone; Ballygawley; Omagh; Curr
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