Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Donegall Street bombing took place in Belfast, Northern Ireland on 20 March 1972 when the Provisional IRA detonated a massive carbomb in Lower Donegall Street in the city centre just before noon when the street was crowded with shoppers, office workers, and many schoolchildren.Seven people were killed in the explosion, including two members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), who had evacuated people to what was considered to have been a safe area following misleading telephone calls which had originally placed the device in a nearby street. When the last call finally identified Donegall Street as the site of the bomb, there wasn't enough time to clear the street. The IRA's Belfast Brigade admitted responsibility for the bomb which also injured 148 people. The IRA however, claimed that the security forces had deliberately misunderstood the warnings to maximise the casualties. This was amongst the first carbombs the IRA used in their armed campaign.. }
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- 1972_Donegall_Street_bombing abstract "The Donegall Street bombing took place in Belfast, Northern Ireland on 20 March 1972 when the Provisional IRA detonated a massive carbomb in Lower Donegall Street in the city centre just before noon when the street was crowded with shoppers, office workers, and many schoolchildren.Seven people were killed in the explosion, including two members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), who had evacuated people to what was considered to have been a safe area following misleading telephone calls which had originally placed the device in a nearby street. When the last call finally identified Donegall Street as the site of the bomb, there wasn't enough time to clear the street. The IRA's Belfast Brigade admitted responsibility for the bomb which also injured 148 people. The IRA however, claimed that the security forces had deliberately misunderstood the warnings to maximise the casualties. This was amongst the first carbombs the IRA used in their armed campaign.".