Warrenpoint ambush

August 27, 1979 · Narrow Water Castle

The Provisional IRA detonated two bombs against British Army troops near Warrenpoint in Northern Ireland and killed 18 soldiers. It was the deadliest attack on the British Army during the Troubles.

United Kingdom

Irish republicans

Other

Strength and losses

Strength
50
Killed
18
Wounded
20
Deaths
19
Wounded
7