Provisional IRA Honey Trap killings

IRA Honey Trap killings
Part of the Troubles
Provisional IRA Honey Trap killings is located in Northern Ireland
Provisional IRA Honey Trap killings
Location of the killings
LocationAntrim Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Coordinates54°36′40″N 5°55′56″W / 54.611111°N 5.932222°W / 54.611111; -5.932222
Date23 March 1973
21:00 GMT
Attack type
shooting
WeaponsThompson submachine gun, pistol
Deaths3 off-duty British soldiers
Injured1
PerpetratorProvisional IRA
Provisional IRA Belfast Brigade

The Provisional IRA Honey Trap killings occurred on 23 March 1973. Volunteers from the Provisional IRA's (IRA) Belfast Brigade shot dead three off-duty soldiers from the British Army who had been lured to a house by two females on the Antrim Road in Belfast, Northern Ireland. A fourth soldier survived the shooting.[1][2]

  1. ^ "CAIN: Chronology of the Conflict 1973".
  2. ^ "CAIN: Sutton Index of Deaths".

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