• the Altnaveigh landmine attack of 19 May 1981, five British soldiers were killed and their armoured vehicle destroyed by a Provisional IRA landmine at...
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  • life since 1983. The Provisional IRA had been attacking British Army patrols and convoys with landmines and roadside bombs since the beginning of its...
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  • unit (ASU) of the Provisional IRA's East Tyrone Brigade carried out a landmine attack against a British Army mobile patrol, along a small road in the rural...
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  • attack on 4 January 1969 during the first stages of the Troubles of Northern Ireland. A People's Democracy march from Belfast to Derry was attacked by...
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  • The Milltown Cemetery attack (also known as the Milltown Cemetery killings or Milltown massacre) took place on 16 March 1988 at Milltown Cemetery in Belfast...
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  • all military movement has been by helicopter to avoid casualties from landmines planted under the roads; even the rubbish from the security forces bases...
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  • actions (1970–79) Ballygawley bus bombing Ballygawley land mine attack Altnaveigh landmine attack 1990 Downpatrick roadside bomb "Sutton Index of Deaths from...
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  • Forkhill beer keg bombing Warrenpoint ambush Dungannon land mine attack Altnaveigh landmine attack Sutton, Malcolm. "Sutton Index of Death from the Conflict...
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  • 20 September 2000, the Real Irish Republican Army (RIRA) carried out an attack on MI6's SIS Building headquarters in Vauxhall, Lambeth, London. A Russian-built...
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    carrying out these murderous attacks through the IRA in the evening. John Fee, a local SDLP councillor who described the attack as "an act of lunacy", was...
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    Darkley killings (category Attacks on buildings and structures in Northern Ireland)
    massacre was a gun attack carried out on 20 November 1983 near the village of Darkley in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. Three gunmen attacked worshippers attending...
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    Loughinisland massacre (category Attacks on bars in Northern Ireland)
    is thus sometimes called the "World Cup massacre". The UVF claimed the attack was retaliation for the killing of three UVF members by the Irish National...
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  • him bomb detonators on the morning of Bloody Sunday, with the intent to attack premises in Derry city centre that day. McGuinness rejected the claims as...
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  • the deaths of at least 23 people, most of whom were killed in sectarian attacks. The gang kidnapped, tortured, and murdered random or suspected Catholic...
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    vehicle traffic, including patrols, because the danger posed by an IRA landmine attack was considered too great. As a result, all regular military movement...
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  • Enquiries Team (HET) found that members of the Provisional IRA carried out the attack, despite the organisation being on ceasefire. The HET report said that the...
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    Irish Republican Army actions (1980–1989) Dungannon land mine attack Altnaveigh landmine attack Warrenpoint ambush Ballygawley bus bombing 1990 Downpatrick...
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  • The Bayardo Bar attack took place on 13 August 1975 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. A unit of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), led by Brendan...
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  • Troubles, and some groups have used cover-names to deflect responsibility for attacks. In this context, operational refers to the period during which the 'official'...
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    criticized the British government, saying "The attack on the Falls Road Sinn Fein office, like other similar attacks, were part of British government counterinsurgency...
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  • Murder of the Quinn brothers (category Residential building arson attacks in Northern Ireland)
    three brothers killed by the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) in a firebomb attack on their home in Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland on 12 July...
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  • empty gun was put in his mouth and the trigger pulled, he suffered a heart attack and died shortly after the alleged confrontation. In February 2015, the...
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  • Omagh bombing (category Attacks by Republicans since the Good Friday Agreement)
    months, it mounted several car bomb and mortar attacks. There were also attacks or attempted attacks in Moira, Portadown, Armagh, Newry, Lisburn, Belfast...
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    training them with bomb techniques, including shaped charges, propane bombs, landmines, and the construction of mortars (see also the Colombia Three). On the...
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    Greysteel massacre (category Attacks in Europe in the 1990s)
    responsibility using their cover name "Ulster Freedom Fighters", saying the attack was revenge for the Shankill Road bombing by the Provisional IRA a week...
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  • personnel died in Operation Banner; 722 of whom were killed in paramilitary attacks, and 719 of whom died as a result of other causes. It suffered its greatest...
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  • The Reavey and O'Dowd killings were two coordinated gun attacks on 4 January 1976 in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. Six Catholic civilians died after...
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    in a rocket attack. Attacks on security forces continued and became more intense when there was a burial. Soldiers were killed by a landmine in Newry; a...
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  • Together, the bombings were the deadliest attack of the conflict known as the Troubles, and the deadliest attack in the Republic's history. Most of the victims...
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    On 13 December 1989 the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) attacked a British Army permanent vehicle checkpoint complex manned by the King's Own Scottish...
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