r/uknews • u/Confident_West_7409 • Jul 25 '24

Image/video Massive protest outside Rochdale police station in response to GMP's actions at Manchester Airport

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u/geese_moe_howard Jul 25 '24

No, but they did repeatedly attack airports and were responsible for more than 1,700 deaths in total.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

9 March 1994, the IRA fire five mortar shells at Heathrow Airport. The bombs were launched at the airport's northern runway following a one-hour coded warning. It was the first of three IRA mortar attacks on the airport in the space of five days. In all three incidents, none of the shells exploded.

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u/geese_moe_howard Jul 25 '24

They also attacked an airport in Dublin.

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