1992 Manchester bombing

The 1992 Manchester bombing was an attack by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) on Thursday 3 December 1992. Two 2 lb bombs exploded, wounding 65 people and damaging many buildings in the city of Manchester.

Bombing
The first bomb to explode was inside a car that was parked at Parsonage Gardens in the commercial district of the city. The car bomb was behind a House of Fraser shop.(53.48269°N, -2.24866°W) The car bomb exploded at 8:40 am. The bombing in Parsonage Gardens injured six people.

The second bomb exploded on Cateaton Street between a market and Manchester Cathedral (53.48454°N, -2.24471°W) at 10:05 am, and wounded 58 people. Many buildings were damaged in the bombings. The impact smashed the face of the cathedral clock and its stained glass windows. The cathedral provided refuge to hundreds who moved out of Deansgate. The total wounded in the blasts was 65.

Aftermath
A phone call was made after the bombings claiming more devices were in the city, forcing the police to evacuate the entire city centre of shoppers and telling others to remain indoors. No other bombs were found. The damage was estimated to have been £10 million (equivalent to about £19 million in 2017).

Perpetrators
The Provisional IRA claimed responsibility for the bombing the next day, part of the group's 1990s bombing campaign in England. They detonated another, much more powerful bomb in Manchester four years later.