The World - News from Aug. 1, 1985
Two car bombs exploded outside Belfast, one wounding six people and the second damaging a hotel but causing no injuries, officials in Northern Ireland said. The outlawed Irish Republican Army claimed responsibility for the hotel bombing, in a Belfast suburb. There was no report of responsibility for the second bombing, on the main street of the village of Ballynahinch 15 miles from Belfast. Police had been alerted by an anonymous telephone warning and had begun evacuating the area. The six who were hurt suffered minor injuries.
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