The British Quebec Barracks in Osnabrück after the mortar attack in 1996. A former member of an IRA splinter group will face trial in Germany, 21 years after he allegedly tried to hit a British base there with mortar shells, the court said on Wednesday. The unidentified Belfast-born man, 48, was arrested in December at Frankfurt Airport after his extradition by Irish authorities. He is an alleged former member of a so-called active service unit of the Provisional Irish Republican Army. He and four co-conspirators on June 28th 1996 allegedly parked a small truck outside the city's Quebec Barracks and fired three mortar shells from an improvised launch battery.

Source: The Local July 12, 2017 17:26 UTC