Front of Lichfield City Station where the attack took place
Location
Lichfield, Staffordshire, UK
Date
1 June 1990 14:49 (UTC)
Target
British military personnel
Attack type
shooting
Weapon
hand guns
Deaths
1 British soldier
Injured
2 British soldiers
Perpetrator
Provisional IRA
Assailants
IRA active service unit in West Midlands, England
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The Lichfield gun attack was an ambush carried out by the Provisional IRA (IRA) on 1 June 1990 against three off-duty British soldiers who were waiting at Lichfield City railway station in Staffordshire. The attack resulted in one soldier being killed and two others badly wounded.[1]
^Sutton, Malcolm. "CAIN: Sutton Index of Deaths". CAIN. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
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