Altnaveigh landmine attack

Altnaveigh landmine attack
Part of the Troubles and Operation Banner
Location	Chancellors Road, Altnaveigh, County Armagh, Northern Ireland
Coordinates	54°31′42″N 7°12′39″W / 54.52833°N 7.21083°W / 54.52833; -7.21083
Date	19 May 1981
Target	British Army soldiers
Attack type	Land mine
Deaths	5
Perpetrator	Provisional IRA

In the Altnaveigh landmine attack of 19 May 1981, five British soldiers were killed and their armoured vehicle destroyed by a Provisional IRA landmine at Altnaveigh, a rural area outside Newry in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The landmine was detonated remotely when the vehicle passed over it. The attack happened during a period of heightened tension over the 1981 Irish hunger strike.