Massereene Barracks shooting
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The Massereene Barracks shooting took place at Massereene Barracks in Antrim, Northern Ireland. On 7 March 2009, two off-duty British soldiers of the 38 Engineer Regiment were shot dead outside the barracks. Two other soldiers and two civilian delivery men were also shot and wounded during the attack. A dissident Irish republican paramilitary group, the Real IRA, claimed responsibility.
Massereene Barracks shooting | |
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Part of the dissident Irish republican campaign | |
Location | Antrim, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom |
Coordinates | 54°43′18″N 6°13′51″W |
Date | 7 March 2009 (2009-03-07) ~21:40[1] (UTC) |
Target | Massereene Barracks |
Attack type | Ambush |
Weapons | AKM automatic rifle[2][3][4] |
Deaths | 2 soldiers |
Injured | 4 (2 soldiers, 2 civilians) |
Perpetrator | Real IRA |
The shootings were the first British military fatalities in Northern Ireland since 1997. Two days later, the Continuity IRA shot dead Stephen Carroll a Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) officer; the first Northern Ireland police officer to be killed by paramilitaries since 1998.[5]