IN THE BLAST ZONE

A London policeman stands among the wreckage of Canary Wharf, after an IRA bombing on 9 February 1996. As peace negotiations between the British Government and Irish Republican political parties broke down, the IRA halted its ceasefire and placed a truck bomb at the heart of the financial district. Although the IRA had sent warnings and the area was evacuated, two died and more than 100 were injured in the explosion.

1996