2001 Birmingham bombing
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22:39 – (GMT)
| 2001 Birmingham bombing | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Dissident Irish Republican campaign | |
| Location | Birmingham, United Kingdom |
| Date | 3 November 2001 22:39 – (GMT) |
Attack type | Attempted car bomb |
| Deaths | 0 |
| Injured | 0 |
| Perpetrators | Real IRA |
A bomb attack on the city centre of Birmingham took place on 3 November 2001.
There was a partial detonation of a car bomb in the city centre of Birmingham on Saturday 3 November 2001. The Real Irish Republican Army (RIRA), a dissident Irish Republican terror group, was responsible. The RIRA gave a telephone warning before the device exploded outside a busy nightclub on Smallbrook Queensway, near the corner with Hurst Street and 250m south of New Street station - just 135 metres (443 ft) from the location of the Birmingham pub bombings in 1974. The bomb was similar in size to those used in the BBC bombing and Ealing bombing that year, but only the detonator exploded, leaving 30 kilograms (66 lb) of home-made explosives intact.[1] An officer from the West Midlands Police said the bomb, if fully detonated, could have caused a "very serious loss of life" on the busy road.[2] The timing and location of the bombing (10:39 PM on a Saturday night outside a busy nightclub) were likely chosen to maximize damage to the public. It was the final bombing of the Troubles in Great Britain.
The attack came during a tense period of the Northern Ireland peace process.[3]
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