Stag Inn Attack | |
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Part of the Troubles | |
Location | Milltown Road, Belvoir Park Forest, Belfast |
Date | 30 July 1976 8.00 pm (GMT) |
Target | Protestants, Loyalists, Ulster Unionists |
Attack type | Mass shooting |
Weapons | Automatic rifles |
Deaths | 4 |
Injured | 6 |
Perpetrator | Provisional IRA's Belfast Brigade under the covername Republican Action Force (RAF) |
The Stag Inn attack was a sectarian gun attack, on 30 July 1976, carried out by a group of Belfast IRA Volunteers using the cover name Republican Action Force. Four Protestants, all civilians, the youngest being 48 years old and the eldest 70, were all killed in the attack with several others being injured.[1] Three Catholics were killed the previous day in a Loyalist bomb attack, part of a string of sectarian attacks in Northern Ireland by different paramilitary organizations.[1][2]