A few incidents stand out. One was the January 1976 IRA attack, at Kingsmills in south Armagh, on a coachload of Protestant workmen, following a wave of anti-Catholic attacks by the UVF. IRA gunmen lined up the workmen at the side of the road and opened fire with at least four weapons, killing ten men. Also well-remembered are the actions of the IRA unit which became known as the Balcombe Street gang in and around London. They carried out up to fifty bombings and shootings in the London area during 1974 and 1975, especially an intense burst of violent activity in late 1975 which included
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