Ira Responsible For Latest Bombing

Thu., June 20, 1996

Compiled From Wire Services

The Irish Republican Army on Wednesday claimed responsibility for last week’s bombing in Manchester, England, that injured more than 200 people.

In a statement issued in Dublin, the IRA said it “sincerely regretted” injuries to civilians.

The truck bomb exploded Saturday at a shopping mall in the center of the northern England city while police were clearing the area following phone warnings.

The blast caused millions of dollars of damage and forced a closure of the city center.

Citing a lack of progress in the Northern Ireland peace process, the IRA broke a 17-month cease-fire with a huge explosion Feb. 9 in east London. Two newspaper vendors were killed.

Sinn Fein, the IRA’s political allies, has been locked out of peace talks that began June 10 with Britain and Ireland insisting that a new IRA cease-fire come first.

The peace talks are stalled over the pro-British Protestant parties’ refusal to accept former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell as the mediator.

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