page_title: 1990 Eltham bombing
hierarchical_section_title: 1990 Eltham bombing
caption_attribution_description: English: Eltham Palace. The original palace goes back to medieval times, but what you can see here is largely the restoration by Stephen and Virginia Courtauld, in the 1930s, including the gardens, from where this photo was taken. Owned these days by English Heritage.
context_page_description: On 14 May 1990, a bomb attack on an army education office in Eltham, southeast London injured seven people. The Provisional IRA claimed responsibility in a statement from Belfast, its first in a mainland bombing campaign targeting 'soft' military targets. The injured were three women and three men, all of them civilians. The bomb was plastic, up to 10 lb and hidden in a flowerbed at Eltham Palace - headquarters of the Royal Army Educational Corps - which could have easily killed many. Casualties were kept low by thin nylon film on the windows, which protected it from the flying glass. The attack caused extensive damage to the building and parked cars. The Corps left the centre in Eltham in 1992. Two days later, an IRA bomb in a military facility at Wembley killed a soldier.
context_section_description: On 14 May 1990, a bomb attack on an army education office in Eltham, southeast London injured seven people. The Provisional IRA (PIRA) claimed responsibility in a statement from Belfast, its first in a mainland bombing campaign targeting 'soft' military targets. The injured were three women and three men, all of them civilians. The bomb was plastic, up to 10 lb and hidden in a flowerbed at Eltham Palace - headquarters of the Royal Army Educational Corps (RAEC) - which could have easily killed many. Casualties were kept low by thin nylon film on the windows, which protected it from the flying glass. The attack caused extensive damage to the building and parked cars. The Corps left the centre in Eltham in 1992. Two days later, an IRA bomb in a military facility at Wembley killed a soldier.
caption: Eltham Palace in 2012, after the Corps left
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