Altnaveigh landmine attack

Altnaveigh landmine attack
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Altnaveigh landmine attack is located in Northern Ireland
Altnaveigh landmine attack
LocationChancellors Road, Altnaveigh, County Armagh, Northern Ireland
Coordinates54°31′42″N 7°12′39″W / 54.52833°N 7.21083°W / 54.52833; -7.21083
Date19 May 1981
TargetBritish Army soldiers
Attack type
Land mine
Deaths5
PerpetratorProvisional IRA

In the Altnaveigh landmine attack of 19 May 1981, five British soldiers were killed and their armoured vehicle destroyed by a Provisional IRA landmine at Altnaveigh, a rural area outside Newry in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The landmine was detonated remotely when the vehicle passed over it. The attack happened during a period of heightened tension over the 1981 Irish hunger strike.