1992 Coalisland riots

1992 Coalisland riots
1992 Coalisland riots
Part of the Troubles and Operation Banner
	Confrontation between a British paratrooper and a civilian in Coalisland; (May 1992)
Date	12 and 17 May 1992
Location	Coalisland, County Tyrone,; Northern Ireland; 54°32′23.92″N 6°42′01.82″W / 54.5399778°N 6.7005056°W
Caused by	Provisional IRA attack on British army patrol near the village of Cappagh, County Tyrone
Resulted in	Parachute Regiment patrols in Northern Ireland cancelled before official tour's end; Commanding officer of Northern Ireland's Third Brigade removed;
Parties
Coalisland residents	British Army
Casualties and losses
3 hospitalised; At least 4 others injured	2 soldiers hospitalised; 7 others wounded
	Another soldier lost his legs during the previous IRA bomb attack at Cappagh

The 1992 Coalisland riots were a series of clashes on 12 and 17 May 1992 between local Irish nationalist civilians and British Army soldiers (of the Third Battalion of the Parachute Regiment^[2] and the King's Own Scottish Borderers) in the town of Coalisland, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The Third Battalion 1992 tour's codename was "Operation Gypsy".^[3]