mother unwittingly purchased the item and discovered the device at her home in Glencairn Pass, Belfast. Soldier injured by explosive device planted by a Co-op on Springfield Road, Belfast which had been deliberately attacked as a come-on to security services. Late November 1977: Two young men injured as one device exploded outside a draper's shop on Ormeau Road, Belfast. Major conflagration in Smithfield Market in Belfast caused by firebombs. IRA proxy bomb caused major damage to Corry's timber yard in Belfast. Explosive device left on prison officer's windowsill. No casualties. 28 November 1977: Attempted IRA bombing of Newtownhamilton RUC station. Device diffused. 29 November 1977: Dub supermarket in Upper Malone, Belfast bombed by IRA. 30 November 1977: IRA bombing of two shops on Crumlin Road, Belfast. 1 December 1977: Army disposed of two explosive devices left at Ellison's Wholsalers on Great Victoria Street, Belfast. Two parcels dropped outside SKF Roller Bearings factory on Newtownards Road, Belfast exploded causing minor damage. 2 December 1977: Armed masked men forced their way into G&S Wholesalers on Gordon Street, Belfast and planted an explosive device before fleeing. The bomb exploded while the building was being evacuated and two employees suffered minor injuries. Barr's C&C on Agnes Street off Shankill Road bombed. 3 December 1977: Seamus Twomey, a former Chief of Staff of the IRA was arrested in Dublin. 23 people injured including seven RUC officers and a soldier by an IRA bomb at a large Wellworth's store in Dungannon. RUC car ambushed by IRA gunmen firing automatic weapons at Clover Hill Bridge on Benburb Road near Moy, County Tyrone. Firefight ensued and the assailants fled across fields. 5/6 December 1977: Bomb blitz targeting industrial, commercial and transport infrastructure. Thirty devices exploded across the province. 8 December 1977: IRA bomb blitz.... Firebomb attack on Co-op store on York Street, Belfast. Mortar bombs placed in shop doorways on Albertbridge Road, Belfast made safe by EOD. Army patrol attacked with grenades on Antrim Road, Belfast. No injuries. Army patrol attacked with grenades on Grosvenor Road, Belfast. No injuries. Army patrol attacked with grenades on Rosen Street, Belfast. No injuries. Army patrol attacked with grenades in the Moyard district of Belfast. No injuries. Twenty houses badly damaged by IRA bomb on Canterbury Street, Belfast. Chinese restaurant firebombed by the IRA in the Waterside area of Derry. 13 December 1977: Multiple IRA bombings across Belfast targeting commercial premises. Two