Operation Flavius

When

6 Mar 1988

Kind

Military operation

Deaths

3

Coordinates

36.15° N, 5.35° W

Description

1988 military operation

1988 British anti-IRA operation in Gibraltar

Operation Flavius was a military operation in which three members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) were shot dead by the British Special Air Service (SAS) in Gibraltar on 6 March 1988. The trio were believed to be planning a car bomb attack on British military personnel in Gibraltar. They were shot dead while leaving the territory, having parked a car.

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