Downpatrick landmine attack
On 9 April 1990, the South Down Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) detonated a massive improvised land mine under a British Army convoy outside Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland. Four soldiers of the Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) were killed, the regiment's greatest loss of life since 1983.
| Downpatrick landmine attack | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Troubles | |
Downpatrick landmine attack (Northern Ireland) | |
| Location | Ballydugan Road, Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland |
| Coordinates | 54°19′19.2″N 5°42′10.8″W |
| Date | 9 April 1990 |
| Target | Ulster Defence Regiment |
Attack type | Improvised land mine |
| Deaths | 4 soldiers |
| Injured | 4 soldiers, 1 civilian |
| Perpetrator | Provisional IRA |
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