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- The attack killed nine civilians, injured thirty and became known as "Bloody Monday".
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Jul 30, 2022 · He was injured while inside Elizabeth McElhinney’s shop when a car bomb exploded outside McElhinney’s Bar, Main Street, Claudy and died on August 12, 1972.
The Claudy bombing occurred on 31 July 1972, when three car bombs exploded mid-morning, two on Main Street and one on Church Street in Claudy in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The attack killed nine civilians, injured thirty and became known as "Bloody Monday". [1]
Aug 24, 2010 · Father Chesney died in 1980. In 2005, four people, including a Sinn Fein Assembly member, were arrested in connection with the bombing.
Aug 24, 2010 · Nine people died in three car bombings in Claudy, County Londonderry on 31 July 1972.
Jul 30, 2024 · Nine people, Catholics and Protestants, were killed and 30 were injured after three car bombs exploded in Claudy on July 31, 1972. The dead included three children.
Jul 31, 2022 · Nine people died when three bombs exploded in Claudy. From top left: Rose McLaughlin; Patrick Connolly; David Miller; Kathryn Eakin; Joseph McCloskey; Elizabeth McElhinney; William Temple;...
Joseph McCloskey, a 39-year-old factory worker was killed instantly by the bomb while bringing his four-year-old son to buy a newspaper. Pub owner Elizabeth McElhinney (59) also died instantly, killed in the blast as she served a customer at the bar outside which the bomb was planted.
