1976 Andersonstown incident

1976 Andersonstown-Finaghy incident
Part of the Troubles
Church of Saint Michael around 250 feet from where the hijacked car crashed
Date 10 August 1976 Location Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland 54°34.18′N 5°59.41′W / 54.56967°N 5.99017°W / 54.56967; -5.99017
Belligerents
Provisional IRA Belfast Brigade	United Kingdom British Army
Strength
5 IRA men 1 Ford Cortina	1 foot patrol 2 Land Rovers
Casualties and losses
1 killed and 1 injured	0
3 civilians killed and 1 injured
class=notpageimage| Location within Northern Ireland

The 1976 Andersonstown incident or the 1976 Andersonstown-Finaghy incident, was a brief altercation between members of the Provisional IRA and the British Army, in Andersonstown and North Finaghy in August 1976, which resulted in the deaths of three children who were killed when a car struck them after the man driving was shot and killed.^[1]