Just weeks later on 15 June a massive bomb exploded in the city centre causing a huge amount of damage to the busy shopping area close to the Arndale Centre. Hundreds of people were injured in the Provisional IRA attack, but fortunately nobody was killed. The bomb devastated the city and caused hundreds of millions of pounds worth of damage.
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