Dungiven landmine and gun attack

Dungiven landmine and gun attack
Part of the Troubles and Operation Banner
Date24 June 1972
Location
Crabarkey near Dungiven, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
54°55′40.8″N 6°55′30″W / 54.928000°N 6.92500°W / 54.928000; -6.92500
Result Successful IRA Operation
Belligerents
Provisional IRA

 United Kingdom

British Army
Commanders and leaders
Unknown Sergeant Stuart Reid  †
Strength
1 army convoy
Casualties and losses
None 3 killed
7 wounded
1 vehicle destroyed
1 vehicle damaged
Dungiven landmine and gun attack is located in Northern Ireland
Dungiven landmine and gun attack
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Location within Northern Ireland

On 24 June 1972, in the rural townland of Crabarkey near Dungiven, the Provisional IRA detonated an improvised land mine, killing three British Army soldiers in a Land Rover.[1] It was one of many such landmine attacks by the IRA in rural areas in the 1970s.

  1. ^ Sutton, Malcolm. "Sutton Index of Death from the Conflict in Ireland: 24 June 1972". Conflict Archive on the Internet. Retrieved 3 August 2021.