[PAR] [TLE] 1971 Balmoral Furniture Company bombing [SEP] The Balmoral Furniture Company bombing was a paramilitary attack that took place on 11 December 1971 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.  A bomb exploded without warning outside a furniture showroom on the Shankill Road in a predominantly unionist area, killing four civilians, two of them babies.  It is widely believed that the bombing was carried out by members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) in retaliation for the bombing of McGurk's pub a week earlier, which killed 15 Catholic civilians.  The Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) had carried out that bombing. [PAR] [TLE] McGurk's Bar bombing [SEP] On 4 December 1971, the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), an Ulster loyalist paramilitary group, detonated a bomb at McGurk's Bar in Belfast, Northern Ireland.  The pub was frequented by Irish Catholics/nationalists.  The explosion caused the building to collapse, killing fifteen Catholic civilians—including two children—and wounding seventeen more.  It was the deadliest attack in Belfast during the Troubles.
[PAR] [TLE] 1971 Balmoral Furniture Company bombing [ SEP ] The Balmoral Furniture Company bombing was a paramilitary attack that took place on 11 December 1971 in Belfast , Northern Ireland . A bomb exploded without warning outside a furniture showroom on the Shankill Road in a predominantly unionist area , killing four civilians , two of them babies . It is widely believed that the bombing was carried out by members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army ( IRA ) in retaliation for the bombing of McGurk 's pub a week earlier , which killed 15 Catholic civilians . The Ulster Volunteer Force ( UVF ) had carried out that bombing . [PAR] [TLE] McGurk 's Bar bombing [ SEP ] On 4 December 1971 , the Ulster Volunteer Force ( UVF ) , an Ulster loyalist paramilitary group , detonated a bomb at McGurk 's Bar in Belfast , Northern Ireland . The pub was frequented by Irish Catholics / nationalists . The explosion caused the building to collapse , killing fifteen Catholic civilians — including two children — and wounding seventeen more . It was the deadliest attack in Belfast during the Troubles .
When was the bombing for which The Balmoral Furniture Company bombing was thought to be a retaliation for?
When was the bombing for which The Balmoral Furniture Company bombing was thought to be a retaliation for ?
4 December 1971
4 December 1971