The 1992 Coalisland riots were a series of clashes on 12 and 17 May 1992 between local 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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| - The 1992 Coalisland riots were a series of clashes on 12 and 17 May 1992 between local 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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- Coalisland residents
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| - The Troubles and Operation Banner
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Casualties
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- 3(xsd:integer)
- at least 4 others injured
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Result
| - *Parachute Regiment patrols in Northern Ireland cancelled before official tour's end
* Commanding officer of Northern Ireland's Third Brigade removed
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| - Another soldier lost his legs during the previous PIRA bomb attack at Cappagh
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Causes
| - Provisional IRA attack on British army patrol near the village of Cappagh, County Tyrone
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| - The 1992 Coalisland riots were a series of clashes on 12 and 17 May 1992 between local 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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