Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The La Mon restaurant bombing was an incendiary bomb attack by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) on 17 February 1978 that has been described as "one of the worst atrocities" of The Troubles. It took place at the La Mon House hotel/restaurant near Belfast, Northern Ireland. IRA members left a large incendiary bomb, containing a napalm-like substance, outside one of the restaurant's windows. There were 450 diners, hotel staff and guests inside the building. The IRA members then tried to send warnings by telephone, but were unable to do so until nine minutes before it detonated. The blast created a fireball, killing twelve people and injuring thirty more. Many of them were severely burnt.Since the beginning of its campaign, the IRA had carried out numerous attacks on economic targets. Its goal was to harm the economy and cause disruption, which would put pressure on the British Government to withdraw from Northern Ireland. A Belfast man was sentenced to life imprisonment for the manslaughter of those who died, but was released in 1995. There are allegations that two of the IRA members involved were British double agents.. }
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- La_Mon_restaurant_bombing abstract "The La Mon restaurant bombing was an incendiary bomb attack by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) on 17 February 1978 that has been described as "one of the worst atrocities" of The Troubles. It took place at the La Mon House hotel/restaurant near Belfast, Northern Ireland. IRA members left a large incendiary bomb, containing a napalm-like substance, outside one of the restaurant's windows. There were 450 diners, hotel staff and guests inside the building. The IRA members then tried to send warnings by telephone, but were unable to do so until nine minutes before it detonated. The blast created a fireball, killing twelve people and injuring thirty more. Many of them were severely burnt.Since the beginning of its campaign, the IRA had carried out numerous attacks on economic targets. Its goal was to harm the economy and cause disruption, which would put pressure on the British Government to withdraw from Northern Ireland. A Belfast man was sentenced to life imprisonment for the manslaughter of those who died, but was released in 1995. There are allegations that two of the IRA members involved were British double agents.".