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The Downing Street mortar attack was carried out by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) on 7 February 1991. The IRA launched three homemade mortar shells at 10 Downing Street, London, the headquarters of the British government, in an attempt to assassinate Prime Minister John Major and his war cabinet, who were meeting to discuss the Gulf War.
Barrack buster is the colloquial name given to several improvised mortars, developed in the 1990s by the engineering unit of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA).. The improvised mortar properly called "barrack buster" - known to the British security forces as the Mark 15 mortar - fired a 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) long metal propane cylinder with a diameter of 36 centimetres (14 in), which ...
a primed IRA horizontal mortar was discovered in Derry. [308] [322] 26 April 1991: the IRA fired a Mark-12 horizontal mortar [320] at the RUC base in Carrickmore, County Tyrone. [323] 29 April 1991: the IRA shot at three alleged Loyalists at Cullenrammer Road near Dungannon, County Tyrone. [315] The IRA claimed the garage was hosting a UVF ...
7 February 1991: Downing Street mortar attack: Three mortar bombs were fired at 10 Downing Street. One minor injury. [54] 18 February 1991: Victoria station and Paddington station bombings: A bomb exploded in Paddington station, damaging the building's roof but causing no casualties. Three hours later another bomb exploded at Victoria station ...
Horse Guards Avenue was the launch site of the IRA's 1991 Downing Street mortar attack. A transit van was parked on the Avenue near the corner with Whitehall, and the mortar launch occurred minutes later. The incident led to a ban on street parking in the area.
On 7 February 1991 the IRA carried out mortar attack Downing Street an attempt to assassinate Prime Minister John Major and his War Cabinet, who were meeting to discuss the Gulf War. One of the heavy mortar shells exploded in the back garden of number 10, only yards from the cabinet office.
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31 May 1992: an IRA mortar attack in Crossmaglen involved the first use of the Mk-14 mortar bomb. [129] 1 June 1992: the IRA claimed responsibility for a 200 lb (91 kg) anti-personnel bomb abandoned at Orritor Street in Cookstown, County Tyrone. British security forces discovered a command wire leading to a derelict building nearby. [126] [130]