Three hotels in Ulster wrecked in bomb attacks

By WITH ANALYSIS FROM MONITOR CORRESPONDENTS AROUND THE WORLD; EDITED BY DEBRA K. PIOT

April 16, 1980

Bellfast

Bombs wrecked three hotels Tuesday in Northern Ireland in a new offensive attributed to Irish Republican Army guerrillas. Three persons were injured. Incendiary bombs wrecked a hotel in strabane, and powerful car bombs shattered hotels in armagh and Lisburn.