Teebane bombing

Teebane bombing
Part of The Troubles
Location	Teebane Crossroads, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Coordinates	54°39′43.2″N 6°57′28.8″W / 54.662000°N 6.958000°W / 54.662000; -6.958000
Date	17 January 1992 17:00 (UTC)
Attack type	Roadside bomb
Deaths	7 civilians 1 Royal Irish Rangers soldier
Injured	4 civilians 2 UDR soldiers
Perpetrator	Provisional IRA

The Teebane bombing (or Teebane massacre)^[1][2] took place on 17 January 1992 at a rural crossroads between Omagh and Cookstown in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. A roadside bomb destroyed a van carrying 14 construction workers who had been repairing a British Army base in Omagh. Eight of the men were killed and the rest were wounded. Most were civilians, while one of those killed and two of the wounded were off-duty British soldiers. The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) claimed responsibility, saying the workers were targeted because they were collaborating with the "forces of occupation".

As all of those killed were Protestants, some saw the bombing as a sectarian attack against their community. On 5 February, the loyalist Ulster Defence Association (UDA) retaliated by shooting dead five Catholics at a betting shop in Belfast.