Strand Bar bombing
The Strand Bar Bombing was a bomb attack on a pub in Belfast, Northern Ireland on 12 April 1975, during the Troubles. The Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), a loyalist paramilitary group, threw an improvised bomb into a pub frequented by Catholics in the Short Strand neighbourhood, killing six civilians and injuring about fifty others. It took place during a spate of tit-for-tat attacks by loyalists and Irish republican paramilitaries. The attack was claimed by the UVF unit known as the Red Hand Commando (RHC).
| Strand Bar bombing | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Troubles | |
| Location | Anderson Street, Short Strand, Belfast |
| Date | 12 April 1975 8:12 pm |
| Target | Catholics |
Attack type | Improvised bomb |
| Deaths | 6 |
| Injured | ~50 |
| Perpetrator | Ulster Volunteer Force, Red Hand Commando |
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