Dungannon land mine attack

Dungannon land mine attack
Part of the Troubles and Operation Banner
Date16 December 1979
Location
Near Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
54°30′N 6°46′W / 54.50°N 6.77°W / 54.50; -6.77
Result Provisional IRA victory
Belligerents
Provisional IRA  British Army
Units involved
East Tyrone Brigade 16th Regiment Royal Artillery
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.

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