Twenty-two years ago today, the town of Warrington in Cheshire, suffered the second of two IRA bombing attacks. The first, on 26th February, 1993, saw a large explosion at a gas storage facility on Winwick Rd. Despite extensive damage, there were no injuries. The second one, almost a month later, was worse...
On the morning of 20th March, 1993, warnings were issued in Liverpool about a possible bomb attack in the area. The neighbouring town of Warrington were contacted by the Liverpool police, who wanted to alert as many as possible.
At 12.25, the first bomb exploded outside Boots the chemists, at the Golden Square shopping centre in Bridge Street. This sent shoppers running, and right into the path of a second explosion which occurred less than a minute later.
Both bombs had been planted in metal litter bins, which caused many shrapnel injuries. Buses were used to ferry the injured from the area, as well as seventeen ambulances.
Two people died, both of them children. Jonathan Ball (3) was visiting the shops with his babysitter, and was killed instantly. Twelve-year-old Tim Parry died in hospital from his injuries five days later, when he was taken off life support. Fifty-four others were injured, four of them seriously.
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