Ballygawley land mine attack

Ballygawley land mine attack
Part of the Troubles and Operation Banner
The approximate site of the attack (2006)
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	13 July 1983
Target	Ulster Defence Regiment personnel
Attack type	Improvised land mine
Deaths	4 soldiers
Perpetrator	Provisional IRA

In the Ballygawley land mine attack of 13 July 1983, four soldiers of the British Army's Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) were killed by a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) land mine near Ballygawley in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The soldiers were travelling in a convoy of armoured vehicles when the land mine was detonated remotely.