Mountainview Tavern attack

Mountainview Tavern attack
Mountainview Tavern attack
Part of The Troubles
	The Tavern
Location	Mountainview Tavern; Shankill Road,; Belfast, Northern Ireland
Coordinates	54°36′14″N 5°56′53″W / 54.604008°N 5.948119°W
Date	5 April 1975 ; 18:00 GMT
Attack type	Shooting, bombing
Weapons	Hand guns; Time bomb
Deaths	5 (4 Protestant civilians, 1 UDA member)
Injured	60
Perpetrator	Provisional IRA Belfast Brigade Claimed by Republican Action Force

On 5 April 1975 Irish republican paramilitary members killed a UDA volunteer and four Protestant civilians in a gun and bomb attack at the Mountainview Tavern on the Shankill Road, Belfast. The attack was claimed by the Republican Action Force believed to be a covername used by Provisional IRA (IRA) volunteers. The first British Soldiers to arrive on the scene were a patrol unit of the Royal Fusiliers, three of whom were teenagers in their first year of service.