Dungannon land mine attack
Dungannon land mine attack | |||||||
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Part of the Troubles and Operation Banner | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
East Tyrone Brigade ) | British Army | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
2 active service units (bomb unit & shooting unit) | 1 mobile patrol | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
None | 4 killed, 1 vehicle destroyed | ||||||
In the Dungannon land mine attack of 16 December 1979, the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) ambushed two British Army landrovers with an improvised land mine and gunfire outside Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Four British soldiers were killed in the attack.[1]
Background
Since the beginning of
On 27 August 1979, the IRA killed 18 British soldiers with roadside bombs in the Warrenpoint ambush in south County Down; the deadliest attack on British troops during the conflict.[4]
Attack
On 16 December 1979, two armoured British Army landrovers were driving along Ballygawley Road, about two miles outside Dungannon.
See also
- Chronology of Provisional Irish Republican Army actions (1970–79)
- Ballygawley bus bombing
- Ballygawley land mine attack
- Altnaveigh landmine attack
- 1990 Downpatrick roadside bomb
References
- ^ "Sutton Index of Deaths from the Conflict in Ireland: 16 December 1979". Conflict Archive on the Internet.
- ^ "Sutton Index of Deaths from the Conflict in Ireland: 10 September 1972". Conflict Archive on the Internet.
- ^ "Sutton Index of Deaths from the Conflict in Ireland: 15 March 1974". Conflict Archive on the Internet.
- ISBN 978-0-14-102876-7.
- ^ a b c d e McKittrick, David (2001). Lost Lives: The Stories of the Men, Women and Children who Died as a Result of the Northern Ireland Troubles. Random House. pp. 809–810.
- ^ a b "Northern Ireland (terrorist activities) (Hansard, 17 December 1979)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 26 January 2019.