Sanaghanroe landmine attack

Sanaghanroe land mine attack
Part of the Troubles
LocationSanaghanroe, near Dungannon , County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Date10 September 1972
WeaponsImprovised explosive device
Deaths3 British soldiers
Injured4 British soldiers, 1 civilian
PerpetratorProvisional IRA
East Tyrone Brigade

On 10 September 1972, an active service unit (ASU) of the Provisional IRA's East Tyrone Brigade carried out a landmine attack against a British Army mobile patrol, along a small road in the rural village of Sanaghanroe near the town of Dungannon in County Tyrone.