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Assassination of Lord Mountbatten

Assassination of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
Part of The Troubles
LocationMullaghmore Peninsula, Ireland
Coordinates54°27′59″N 8°26′55″W / 54.4664°N 8.4486°W / 54.4664; -8.4486
Date27 August 1979 (1979-08-27)
TargetLord Mountbatten
WeaponBomb
Deaths
Injured
PerpetratorProvisional IRA
AssailantThomas McMahon
MotiveIrish republicanism
ConvictedThomas McMahon
ChargesMurder
Location:
Map showing Mullaghmore Peninsula (red) within County Sligo, where Mountbatten was killed.
Memorial near Mullaghmore

Louis Mountbatten, a relative of the British royal family, was assassinated on 27 August 1979 by Thomas McMahon, an Irish republican and a volunteer for the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA).


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