Dungannon land mine attack | |||||||
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Part of the Troubles and Operation Banner | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
Unknown | 1 mobile patrol | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
None | 4 killed, 1 vehicle destroyed | ||||||
Location within Northern Ireland |
In the Dungannon land mine attack of 16 December 1979, the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) ambushed two British Army Land Rovers with an improvised land mine outside Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Four British soldiers were killed in the attack.[1]
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