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1988 IRA attacks in the Netherlands

1988 IRA attacks in Netherlands
Part of the Troubles
1988 IRA attacks in the Netherlands is located in Netherlands
Roermond
Roermond
Nieuw-Bergen
Nieuw-Bergen
1988 IRA attacks in the Netherlands (Netherlands)
LocationRoermond and Nieuw-Bergen, Limburg, Netherlands
Coordinates51°12′0″N 5°59′0″E / 51.20000°N 5.98333°E / 51.20000; 5.98333
Date1 May 1988
TargetRAF personnel
Attack type
Shooting, bombing
Deaths3
Injured3
PerpetratorProvisional IRA

The Provisional IRA carried out two separate attacks on the same day on 1 May 1988 against British military personnel in the Netherlands which resulted in the deaths of three RAF members and another three being injured.[1] It was the worst attack suffered by the British security forces during The Troubles from 1969 to 1998 in mainland Europe.[2][3]

  1. ^ Malcolm Sutton. "CAIN: Sutton Index of Deaths". cain.ulst.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  2. ^ Lederer, Edith M. "IRA Killings Follows Lull In Terrorist Attacks Outside Britain With AM-Netherlands-Ira, Bjt". AP NEWS.
  3. ^ RTE Archives Collection. "IRA Kill RAF Members". rte.ie. Retrieved 22 June 2021.

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