October 1975 Northern Ireland attacks

October 1975 Northern Ireland attacks
Part of the Troubles
LocationBelfast, Crumlin, Killyleagh and Coleraine, Northern Ireland
Date2 October 1975
Attack type
Time bombs, guns and grenades
Deaths12: 8 civilians and 4 UVF volunteers killed by their own bomb
Injured45
PerpetratorsUlster Volunteer Force

On 2 October 1975, the loyalist paramilitary group the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) carried out a wave of shootings and bombings across Northern Ireland. Six of the attacks left 12 people dead (mostly civilians) and around 45 people injured.[1] There was also an attack in a small village in County Down called Killyleagh. There were five attacks in and around Belfast which left people dead. A bomb which exploded in Coleraine left four UVF members dead. There were also several other smaller bombs planted around Northern Ireland (16 in total) but other than causing damage they did not kill or injure anyone.[2]

  1. ^ Anne Cadwallader – Lethal Allies: British Collusion in Ireland pp.14
  2. ^ "CAIN: Sutton Index of Deaths". cain.ulster.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 May 2019.