Red Lion Pub bombing

Red Lion Pub bombing
Part of the Troubles
Red Lion Pub bombing is located in Northern Ireland
Red Lion Pub bombing
LocationOrmeau Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Coordinates54°35′07.8″N 5°55′22.7″W / 54.585500°N 5.922972°W / 54.585500; -5.922972
Date2 November 1971
21:00 (GMT)
Attack type
Time bombing
Deaths3 civilians
Injured26
PerpetratorProvisional IRA

The Red Lion Pub bombing was a bomb attack on 2 November 1971 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Planted by the Provisional IRA, it exploded in the Red Lion pub on Ormeau Road, killing three people and injuring about 30 others. The IRA members had given customers less than ten seconds to flee the building. Police said the target was the neighbouring Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) station.