1971 Scottish soldiers' killings

متى

10 مارس 1971

النوع

جريمة قتل

إحداثيات

54.64° N, 5.99° W

الموضع: coordinates of the event it links, 1971 Scottish soldiers' killings.

1971 Scottish soldiers' killings: Three young off-duty Royal Highland Fusiliers are lured from a bar in Belfast and shot by the Provisional Irish Republican Army.

IRA shooting in Belfast, Northern Ireland

The 1971 Scottish soldiers' killings took place in Northern Ireland during The Troubles. On 10 March 1971, the Irish Republican Army (IRA) shot dead three off-duty British soldiers of the 1st Battalion, Royal Highland Fusiliers. The soldiers were from Scotland, and two were teenage brothers. They were lured from a pub in Belfast where they had been drinking, driven to a remote location and shot by the roadside.

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