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The attack took place shortly after 4 p.m. [6] IRA members sealed off roads leading to the checkpoint in an attempt to prevent civilians from getting caught up in the attack. [2] The truck was driven from the border and halted at the checkpoint.
In July 1991, the IRA planned a similar attack on a vehicular checkpoint, this time by delivering a 1,000 lb (450 kg) bomb in the trailer of an articulated lorry. The cab unit had been cladded in improvised armour and the hydraulics had been modified to allow the driver to quickly disengage the trailer and activate a short timer for the bomb.
On 13 December, a major assault took place when an IRA team, riding on an improvised armoured truck, raided a permanent vehicle checkpoint manned by members of the King's Own Scottish Borderers (KOSB) regiment near Derryard, County Fermanagh, a few yards from the border with the Republic.
Attack on Derryard checkpoint – using machine guns, grenades, a flamethrower and an improvised armoured truck, the PIRA launched an assault on a British Army checkpoint near Rosslea, County Fermanagh, killing two British soldiers (Private James Houston and Lance-Corporal Michael Paterson). Two other soldiers were injured, one more severely ...
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