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Two PIRA car bombs exploded at Thiepval Barracks in Lisburn, the British army's HQ,. Thirty-one people were injured, with one soldier dying of his injuries four days later. This was the first PIRA bomb attack in Northern Ireland since August 1994.

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https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/events/peace/pp9398.htm

Elliott, S., and W.D. Flackes, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory, 1968-1999 (Belfast, Blackstaff 1999)