Coagh ambush

Coagh ambush
Part of the Troubles and Operation Banner

Coagh as seen from County Londonderry
Date3 June 1991
Location
Coagh, County Tyrone
Northern Ireland
54°38′49″N 6°37′03″W / 54.64694°N 6.61750°W / 54.64694; -6.61750
Result British victory
Belligerents
Provisional IRA  United Kingdom
• British Army (SAS)
Strength
3 volunteers 8 soldiers
Casualties and losses
3 killed None
Coagh ambush is located in Northern Ireland
Coagh ambush
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Location within Northern Ireland

The Coagh ambush was a military confrontation that took place in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, on 3 June 1991, during The Troubles, when a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) active service unit from its East Tyrone Brigade was ambushed by the British Army's Special Air Service (SAS) at the village of Coagh, in County Tyrone, whilst on its way to kill a part-time member of the Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR). The ambush resulted in the deaths of all three IRA men involved.