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On June, 15, 1996, the Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a 3,000-pound bomb on Corporation Street in central Manchester, injuring more than 200 people during the Euro football championships.
Remarkably, there were no deaths.
The bomb was the largest denotation in Great Britain since World War II.
A telephoned warning preceded the blast by about 90 minutes allowing for the evacuation of 75,000 or more people.
On June, 15, 1996, the Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a 3,000-pound bomb on Corporation Street in central Manchester, injuring more than 200 people during the Euro football championships.
Remarkably, there were no deaths.
The bomb was the largest denotation in Great Britain since World War II.
A telephoned warning preceded the blast by about 90 minutes allowing for the evacuation of 75,000 or more people.
