Bomb blitz kills nine people, terrorises city

FRIDAY, July 21, 1972, was one of the most notorious dates in the violent history of the Troubles.

Nine people died and many were injured in what became known as Bloody Friday, when the IRA detonated 27 bombs in just three and a half hours in Belfast.

Four Ulsterbus employees and two soldiers died when a car bomb exploded at Oxford Bus Station, Belfast’s biggest depot.