IRA suspect to go on trial in Germany over 1996 barracks attack

A 48-year-old man from Belfast will go on trial in two weeks on allegations he took part in an IRA attack on a British barracks in Germany more than 20 years ago, a German court said.
By The Newsroom
Published 12th Jul 2017, 15:30 BST
Updated 12th Sep 2017, 11:51 BST
In this June 29, 1996 file photo British soldiers walk to a police van that hides partly a pickup truck in front of a side entrance to the Osnabrueck British Quebec barracks after a mortar attackIn this June 29, 1996 file photo British soldiers walk to a police van that hides partly a pickup truck in front of a side entrance to the Osnabrueck British Quebec barracks after a mortar attack
In this June 29, 1996 file photo British soldiers walk to a police van that hides partly a pickup truck in front of a side entrance to the Osnabrueck British Quebec barracks after a mortar attack

Ireland extradited James Anthony Oliver Corry, a British citizen, in December to face attempted murder charges.

The dpa news agency reported on Wednesday that the Osnabrueck state court said he would go on trial on July 26.

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Prosecutors allege Corry was in an IRA unit that fired three mortar shells onto the grounds of the Quebec Barracks in Osnabrueck on June 28 1996.

Only one of the shells detonated on the property, damaging buildings and vehicles but injuring nobody.

The Provisional IRA killed nearly 1,800 people from 1970 to July 2005, when it formally renounced violence.

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