Deal barracks bombing

Deal barracks bombing
Deal barracks bombing
Part of The Troubles
Location	Royal Marine barracks, Deal, Kent, England
Coordinates	51°12′49″N 1°24′0″E / 51.21361°N 1.40000°E
Date	22 September 1989 ; 08:22 (GMT)
Target	Royal Marines School of Music
Attack type	Time bomb
Deaths	11
Injured	21
Perpetrator	Provisional IRA

The Deal barracks bombing was an attack by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) on the Royal Marine Depot, Deal, England. It took place at 8:22 am on 22 September 1989, when the IRA exploded a time bomb at the Royal Marines School of Music building. The building collapsed, killing 11 marines from the Royal Marines Band Service and wounding another 21.