Benny's Bar bombing
| Benny's Bar bombing | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Troubles | |
Benny's Bar after the bombing | |
| Location | Benny's Bar, Ship Street, Sailortown, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Date | 31 October 1972 |
Attack type | Car bombing |
| Deaths | Two Catholic civilians |
| Injured | 12 |
| Perpetrator | Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF) Ulster Defence Association (UDA) |
The Benny's Bar bombing was a paramilitary attack on 31 October 1972 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. A unit from the Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF), a cover name for the Ulster Defence Association (UDA), a loyalist paramilitary group, detonated a no-warning car bomb outside the Irish Catholic-owned Benny's Bar in the dockland Sailortown area. The explosion killed two young local Catholic girls trick-or-treating: Clare Hughes (4) and Paula Strong (6). Twelve of the pub's patrons were also injured.