Assassination of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma | |||||
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Part of The Troubles | |||||
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Location | Mullaghmore Peninsula, Ireland | ||||
Coordinates | 54°27′59″N 8°26′55″W / 54.4664°N 8.4486°W | ||||
Date | 27 August 1979 | ||||
Target | Lord Mountbatten | ||||
Weapon | Bomb | ||||
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Perpetrator | Provisional IRA | ||||
Assailant | Thomas McMahon | ||||
Motive | Irish republicanism | ||||
Convicted | Thomas McMahon | ||||
Charges | Murder | ||||
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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).