Dungannon land mine attack

Dungannon land mine attack
Part of the Troubles and Operation Banner
Date16 December 1979
Location54°30′N 6°46′W / 54.50°N 6.77°W / 54.50; -6.77
Result IRA victory
Belligerents
Provisional IRA United Kingdom British Army
Strength
Unknown 1 mobile patrol
Casualties and losses
None 4 killed, 1 vehicle destroyed
Dungannon land mine attack is located in Northern Ireland
Dungannon land mine attack
Location within Northern Ireland

In the Dungannon land mine attack of 16 December 1979, the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) ambushed two British Army Land Rovers with an improvised land mine outside Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Four British soldiers were killed in the attack.[1]

  1. ^ "Sutton Index of Deaths from the Conflict in Ireland: 16 December 1979". Conflict Archive on the Internet.