Incident Summary:

06/07/1999: A pipe bomb was discovered outside St. Mary's Catholic primary school in Ballymena, Antrim county, Northern Ireland. The school was evacuated while the bomb was safely deactivated. No casualties were suffered in this incident. The Red Hand Defenders (RHD) were suspected in this attack.

Overview

GTD ID:
199906070002

When:
1999-06-07

Country:
Northern Ireland

Region:
Western Europe

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:
Antrim (County)

City:
Ballymena

What

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more)	Bombing/Explosion
Successful Attack? (more)	No

Target Information (more)
Target Type: Educational Institution
Name of Entity	St. Mary's Catholic Primary School
Specific Description	St. Mary's Catholic Primary School in Ballymena
Nationality of Target	Northern Ireland

Additional Information
Hostages	No
Property Damage	No

How

Weapon Information
Type	Sub-type
Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite	Other Explosive Type
Weapon Details
A pipe bomb was used in the attack.

Additional Information
Suicide Attack?	No
Situation of Multi-Party Conflict?	Unknown
Part of Multiple Incident?	No
Criterion 1 (more)	Yes
Criterion 2 (more)	Yes
Criterion 3 (more)	Yes
Doubt Terrorism Proper (more)	No

Who

Perpetrator Information
Name	Claimed Responsibility
Red Hand Defenders (RHD) (suspected)	No

Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators	Unknown
Number of Captured Perpetrators	0

Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties	0 Fatalities / 0 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities	0
Number of U.S. Fatalities	0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities	0
Total Number of Injured	0
Number of U.S. Injured	0
Number of Perpetrators Injured	0

Sources

Sources
"Bombers in Attack on Catholic School," Belfast News Letter (Northern Ireland), June 8, 1999."
"Loyalists Try to Bomb Catholic Primary," The Scotsman, June 9, 1999."