Incident Summary:

02/13/2014: Assailants mailed a letter bomb to a military recruiting office in Brighton, England, United Kingdom. The device was successfully defused without any damages or injuries. This was one of seven letter bombs mailed to recruiting offices in England by the same group. The New Irish Republican Army claimed responsibility for the incidents.

GTD ID:
201402130041

When:
2014-02-13

Country:
United Kingdom

Region:
Western Europe

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

England

City:
Brighton

Location Details:
The incident occurred on Queens Road in the city.

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Bombing/Explosion
Successful Attack? (more) No
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Military
Name of Entity British Army
Specific Description Recruiting Office
Nationality of Target Great Britain
Additional Information
Hostages No
Ransom No
Property Damage No
Weapon Information
Type Sub-type
Explosives Letter Bomb
Additional Information
Suicide Attack?No
Part of Multiple Incident?Yes
Criterion 1 (more) Yes
Criterion 2 (more) Yes
Criterion 3 (more) Yes
Doubt Terrorism Proper (more) No
Additional Information There were seven total letter bombs mailed to army recruiting offices in Britain across three different days. The relevant incident identification numbers are 201402110036, 201402110037, 201402120040, 201402130038, 201402130041, 201402130042, 201402130043
Perpetrator Group Information
Group Name Claimed Responsibility
The New Irish Republican Army Yes (Confirmed: Unknown; Mode: Letter)
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
"'IRA group' sent suspect packages," BBC, February 17, 2014.
"IRA group claims it mailed suspect packages," Al Jazeera, February 17, 2014.
"UK: Crude bombs sent to army recruitment offices," Associated Press International, February 13, 2014.