Dungannon land mine attack

Dungannon land mine attack
Part of the Troubles and Operation Banner
Date 16 December 1979 Location Near Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland 54°30′N 6°46′W / 54.50°N 6.77°W / 54.50; -6.77 Result IRA victory
Belligerents
Provisional IRA	British Army
Strength
Unknown	1 mobile patrol
Casualties and losses
None	4 killed, 1 vehicle destroyed
class=notpageimage| Location within Northern Ireland

In the Dungannon land mine attack of 16 December 1979, the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) ambushed two British Army landrovers with an improvised land mine outside Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Four British soldiers were killed in the attack.^[1]