1992 Coalisland riots

1992 Coalisland riots
1992 Coalisland riots
Part of the Troubles and Operation Banner
	Confrontation between a British paratrooper and a civilian in Coalisland; (May 1992)
Date	12 and 17 May 1992
Location	Coalisland, County Tyrone,; Northern Ireland; 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
Resulted in	Parachute Regiment patrols in Northern Ireland cancelled before official tour's end; Commanding officer of Northern Ireland's Third Brigade removed;
Parties
Coalisland residents	British Army
Casualties and losses
3 hospitalised; At least 4 others injured	2 soldiers hospitalised; 7 others wounded
	Another soldier lost his legs during the previous IRA bomb attack at Cappagh

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 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".

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