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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]
This is a timeline of actions by the Official Irish Republican Army (Official IRA or OIRA), an Irish republican & Marxist-Leninist paramilitary group. Most of these actions took place as part of a Guerrilla campaign against the British Army & Royal Ulster Constabulary and internal Irish Republican feuds with the Provisional IRA & Irish National Liberation Army from the early 1970s - to the mid ...
Andersonstown-Finaghy incident – A PIRA volunteer, Danny Lennon was shot dead by the British Army as he drove along Finaghy Road North in Belfast. His car then went out of control and killed three children of the Maguire family. This incident sparked a series of "peace rallies" throughout the month.
28 September: a RUC officer (Alexander Beck) was killed in an IRA rocket attack on a British patrol on Glen Road, Andersonstown, Belfast. [9] 3 October: the hunger strike was called off, due to pressure from the remaining strikers' families who made it clear they would seek medical intervention to save their sons' lives. [9]
In March 2000, an article in Andersonstown News said that the "North Belfast kneecapping squad" could easily win an election. [ 69 ] Unlike law enforcement, which is bound by due process , paramilitaries can act swiftly and directly in punishing alleged offenders, [ 70 ] [ 71 ] whereas conviction rates for crimes such as burglary and joyriding ...