Republican memorial at Carragunt bridge, on the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic, often crossed by Provisional IRA forces during the Troubles to attack British targets inside County Fermanagh
British Army complex stormed IRA bombing attempt failed
Belligerents
Provisional IRA
United Kingdom • British Army • RUC
Commanders and leaders
Thomas Murphy Michael Ryan
Corporal Robert Duncan
Strength
1 Improvised armoured vehicle 11 in attacking unit 9 providing tactical support
9 in the complex[1] 4 on nearby patrol 1 helicopter
Casualties and losses
None
2 killed 2 wounded
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Location within Northern Ireland
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See also: The Troubles in Britain & Europe, Assassinations during the Troubles, and Loyalist feud
On 13 December 1989 the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) attacked a British Army permanent vehicle checkpoint complex manned by the King's Own Scottish Borderers (KOSB) near the Northern Ireland–Republic of Ireland border at Derryard townland, a few miles north of Rosslea, County Fermanagh. The IRA unit, firing from the back of an armoured dump truck, attacked the small base with heavy machine-guns, grenades, anti-tank rockets and a flamethrower. A nearby Army patrol arrived at the scene and a fierce firefight erupted. The IRA withdrew after leaving a van bomb inside the complex, but the device did not fully detonate. The assault on the outpost left two soldiers dead and two wounded.
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