Mountainview Tavern attack

Mountainview Tavern attack
Part of The Troubles
The Tavern
LocationMountainview Tavern
Shankill Road,
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Coordinates54°36′14″N 5°56′53″W / 54.604008°N 5.948119°W / 54.604008; -5.948119
Date5 April 1975
18:00 GMT
Attack type
Shooting, bombing
WeaponsHand guns
Time bomb
Deaths5 (4 Protestant civilians, 1 UDA member)
Injured60
PerpetratorProvisional IRA Belfast Brigade Claimed by Republican Action Force

On 5 April 1975 Irish republican paramilitary members killed a UDA volunteer and four Protestant civilians in a gun and bomb attack at the Mountainview Tavern on the Shankill Road, Belfast. The attack was claimed by the Republican Action Force believed to be a covername used by Provisional IRA (IRA) volunteers.