The 1972 Aldershot bombing was a revenge attack for Bloody Sunday carried out by the ' Official IRA ' . On 22 February 1972 , a car bomb was left outside the officers mess of the 16th Parachute Brigade in Aldershot . When the bomb exploded , a Roman Catholic priest serving in the army and five female kitchen staff were killed and 19 others were injured
1972 Aldershot bombing
1972 Aldershot bombing
Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)