Event marks Aldershot IRA bomb 38th anniversary

A memorial event is taking place in Aldershot to mark the 38th anniversary of the IRA bombing which killed seven people.

Five women, a male gardener and an army priest were killed in the car bomb at the 16th Parachute Brigade HQ.

The IRA said the Hampshire attack was in revenge for the events of Bloody Sunday when 13 civilians were shot dead by members of the Parachute Regiment.

The bomb site will be open on Monday so that people can pay their respects.
The massive car bomb exploded at lunchtime on 22 February 1972 in a car park outside the officers' mess killing five female kitchen staff, a gardener and Padre Gerry Weston. Nineteen others were injured.
The force of the blast was felt a mile away in Aldershot town centre.

Relatives, friends of victims, and the public have been invited by the MoD to the former Montgomery Lines barracks complex, opposite the Aldershot Centre for Health.

It will be open between 1000 and 1400 GMT and can be reached through the Pennefather's Road gate.