On this day - 26 May
Historical items of interest as featured in the papers of the day.
Bomb detonated on Oxford Street, Belfast
Margaret Young was killed by a bomb detonated on Oxford Street, Belfast on May 26th 1972. Many others were injured as a result of both this bomb and another detonated at Queen's University. Political leaders believed that these bombings were a direct response to co-operation between the Catholic and Protestant leaders.
The Provisional Irish Republican Army were responsible for the bombs and committed numerous attacks throughout the 1970s and onwards until a ceasefire agreement was reached in 1997.
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