This page was last updated in November 2006We've left it here for reference.More information

29 May 2012
Accessibility help
Text only

	BBC Homepage England

»	BBC Local Manchester News Sport Weather Travel News Things to do People & Places Nature History Religion & Ethics Arts and Culture BBC Introducing TV & Radio Sites near Manchester Bradford Derby Lancashire Liverpool Stoke Related BBC Sites England
	Contact Us Like this page? Send it to a friend!

Manchester bomb

Video: Manchester bomb

The moment a massive IRA bomb exploded in Manchester city centre. It's the first time this dramatic footage, filmed from the Greater Manchester Police helicopter, has been seen since the terrorist attack ten years ago.

The previously unseen pictures shows the huge blast as a white lorry, packed with 3,500kg of explosives, detonates in Manchester city centre in 1996. Flames shoot into the air as the bomb detonates at 2,500mph, followed by a huge plume of smoke rising above the city.

Video: Manchester bomb explodes, June 1996 >
Audio and Video links on this page require Realplayer

More than 200 people were injured - mainly by flying glass - when the bomb exploded in Corporation St on 15 June 1996. But, thanks to a prompt response by the police to evacuate the city centre, no-one was killed.

The white van packed with explosive

The images were taken from a police helicopter hovering above the crime scene and were be used in any trial of arrested suspects.

The aerial shots have been made available by Greater Manchester Police after they revealed there is now no realistic possibility of anyone being prosecuted for the attack.

Police say that a recent review of the original investigation has concluded there's too little evidence to prosecute anyone suspected of being involved.

last updated: 02/11/06

Have Your Say