Coagh ambush

Coagh ambush
Part of the Troubles and Operation Banner
Coagh as seen from County Londonderry
Date 3 June 1991 Location Coagh, County Tyrone Northern Ireland 54°38′49″N 6°37′03″W / 54.64694°N 6.61750°W / 54.64694; -6.61750 Result British victory
Belligerents
Provisional IRA	United Kingdom • British Army (SAS)
Strength
3 volunteers	8 soldiers
Casualties and losses
3 killed	None
class=notpageimage| Location within Northern Ireland

The Coagh ambush was a military confrontation that took place in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, on 3 June 1991, during The Troubles, when a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) active service unit from its East Tyrone Brigade was ambushed by the British Army's Special Air Service (SAS) at the village of Coagh, in County Tyrone, whilst on its way to kill a part-time member of the Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR). The ambush resulted in the deaths of all three IRA men involved.