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The Docklands ' status as a symbol of Thatcher's Britain has also made it a target for terrorists.
After a failed attempt to bomb Canary Wharf, a large IRA bomb exploded at South Quay on 9 February 1996.
Two people died in the explosion, forty people were injured and an estimated £ 150m of damage was caused.
This bombing ended an IRA ceasefire.
In a 1998 trial James McArdle was imprisoned for 25 years after a trial at Woolwich Crown Court that ended on June 24.
Under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement, McArdle was released on June 28, 2000.
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