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The 1976 Andersonstown incident or the 1976 Andersonstown-Finaghy incident, was a brief altercation between members of the Provisional IRA and the British Army, in Andersonstown and North Finaghy in August 1976, which resulted in the deaths of three children who were killed when a car struck them after the man driving was shot and killed.
Two British soldiers were wounded in the incident. [25] [34] 25 May 1971: a bomb was thrown into Springfield Road British Army/RUC base in Belfast, killing British Army Sergeant Michael Willetts as he shielded civilians from the blast with his body. He was posthumously awarded the George Cross. Seven RUC officers, two British soldiers and 18 ...
The Belfast brigade, IRA, claims responsibility for the execution of two SAS members who launched an attack on the funeral cortege of our comrade volunteer Kevin Brady. The SAS unit was initially apprehended by the people lining the route in the belief that armed loyalists were attacking them and they were removed from the immediate vicinity.
9 August: an INLA sniper accidentally shot dead a civilian (James McCarren) during a sniper attack on a British Army mobile patrol, Shaw's Road, Andersonstown, Belfast. [94] 9 August: the INLA reported firing several shots at the RUC in the Markets area of Belfast following unrest. They claimed to have injured an RUC officer. [109]
Taxi driver injured in west Belfast shooting. February 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM. ... (NIAS) despatched a rapid response paramedic and an emergency ambulance crew to the incident.
Alexander Ortiz, a 21-year-old charged with murder, was attacked by his alleged victim's uncle and another man in an Albuquerque, New Mexico courtroom.
Diogenes Archangel-Ortiz, 49, killed a cop and injured five others when he stormed the UPMC Memorial Hospital in York, Penn. on Saturday morning -- armed with a pistol and zipties -- in what ...
The Stag Inn attack was a sectarian gun attack, on 30 July 1976, carried out by a group of Belfast IRA Volunteers using the cover name Republican Action Force.Four Protestants, all civilians, the youngest being 48 years old and the eldest 70, were all killed in the attack with several others being injured. [1]