1993 Fivemiletown ambush
On 12 December 1993, a Provisional IRA active service unit of the East Tyrone Brigade ambushed a two-men unmarked mobile patrol of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) in Fivemiletown, County Tyrone. The two constables in the vehicle were shot and killed instantly. A military helicopter was also fired at by a second IRA unit in the aftermath of the incident, during a search operation launched in the surroundings of the town by both the British Army and the RUC. A number of suspects were questioned, but the perpetrators made good their escape. The action occurred just three days before the Downing Street Declaration.
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1993 Fivemiletown ambush
On 12 December 1993, a Provisional IRA active service unit of the East Tyrone Brigade ambushed a two-men unmarked mobile patrol of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) in Fivemiletown, County Tyrone. The two constables in the vehicle were shot and killed instantly. A military helicopter was also fired at by a second IRA unit in the aftermath of the incident, during a search operation launched in the surroundings of the town by both the British Army and the RUC. A number of suspects were questioned, but the perpetrators made good their escape. The action occurred just three days before the Downing Street Declaration.
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On 12 December 1993, a Provisi ...... he Downing Street Declaration.
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1993-12-12
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IRA victory
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1 mobile patrol
2 active service units
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A British soldier watching the scene of the ambush
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• East Tyrone Brigade
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IRA victory
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follow-up operation
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