1992 Coalisland riots
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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]
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Date | 12 and 17 May 1992 | ||
Location | 54°32′23.92″N 6°42′01.82″W | ||
Caused by | Provisional IRA attack on British army patrol near the village of Cappagh, County Tyrone | ||
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Another soldier lost his legs during the previous IRA bomb attack at Cappagh |
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