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First IRA mortar attack on Heathrow Airport

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The IRA carried out a mortar attack on the perimeter of Heathrow Airport. Although the five mortars fell inside the airport grounds none of them exploded. This was the first in a series of three carefully planned attacks on the airport; the others happened on 11 March 1994 and 13 March 1994.

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Elliott, S., and W.D. Flackes, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory, 1968-1999 (Belfast, Blackstaff 1999)