Ballygawley bus bombing

Ballygawley bus bombing
Part of the Troubles
Location	Near Ballygawley, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Coordinates	54°31′42″N 7°12′39″W / 54.52833°N 7.21083°W / 54.52833; -7.21083
Date	20 August 1988 12:30 a.m.
Target	British Army personnel
Attack type	Roadside bomb
Deaths	8 soldiers
Injured	28 soldiers
Perpetrator	Provisional IRA

The Ballygawley bus bombing was a roadside bomb attack by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) on a bus carrying British soldiers in Northern Ireland. It occurred in the early hours of 20 August 1988 in the townland of Curr near Ballygawley, County Tyrone. The attack killed eight soldiers and wounded another 28.^[1] In the wake of the bombing, the British Army began ferrying its troops in and out of County Tyrone by helicopter.