Provisional IRA attack on British army patrol near the village of Cappagh, County Tyrone
Resulted in
Parachute Regiment patrols in Northern Ireland cancelled before official tour's end
Commanding officer of Northern Ireland's Third Brigade removed
Parties
Coalisland residents
British Army
Casualties and losses
3 hospitalised At least 4 others injured
2 soldiers hospitalised 7 others wounded[1]
Another soldier lost his legs during the previous IRA bomb attack at Cappagh
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See also: The Troubles in Britain & Europe, Assassinations during the Troubles, and Loyalist feud
The 1992 Coalisland riots were a series of clashes on 12 and 17 May 1992 between local Irish nationalist civilians and British Army soldiers (of the Third Battalion of the Parachute Regiment[2] and the King's Own Scottish Borderers) in the town of Coalisland, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The Third Battalion 1992 tour's codename was "Operation Gypsy".[3]
^"Focal point for trouble". Belfast Newsletter. 19 May 1992. p. 6.
^The Economist, Volume 323, Issues 7761-4
^British Army 1945 on locations and dates
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