Loughgall ambush
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title:
Loughgall ambush
text:
The Loughgall ambush took place on 8 May 1987 in the village of Loughgall, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. An eight-man unit of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) launched an attack on the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) base in the village. An IRA member drove a digger with a bomb in its bucket through the perimeter fence, while the rest of the unit arrived in a van and fired on the building. The bomb exploded and destroyed almost half of the base. Soldiers from the British Army's Spe
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description:
1987 British ambush in Northern Ireland
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loughgall_ambush
date created:
2006-04-14T23:46:09Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T09:08:28Z
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