IRA Takes Blame for Bombing
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RHEINDAHLEN, West Germany — The Irish Republican Army today claimed responsibility for a car bomb explosion at the British armed forces headquarters here that injured at least 31 people. (Story on Page 7.)
In a statement read to the Associated Press by the Irish Republican Press Center in Belfast, the organization said, “Our unit’s brief was to inflict a devastating blow but was ordered to be careful to avoid civilian casualties.” The statement was signed “P. O’Neil, Irish Republican Publicity Bureau, Dublin,” a pseudonym always used by the IRA to claim responsibility for guerrilla attacks outside the British province of Northern Ireland.
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