During a gun battle between the IRA and the British Army, an IRA volunteer was shot dead. 19 June 1979: A UDR soldier was shot dead by the IRA in Omagh, County Tyrone. 22 June 1979: An RUC officer was shot dead by the IRA near Coagh, County Tyrone. 24 June 1979: An off-duty UDR soldier was shot dead by the IRA while at his home in Markethill, County Armagh. 25 June 1979: A bombing believed to have been carried out by the IRA narrowly missed NATO Supreme Commander Alexander Haig as he travelled outside Brussels in Belgium. It is believed the intended target was a British General attached to NATO. 6 July 1979: The IRA detonated a small bomb at the British Consulate in Antwerp, Belgium, causing damage but no injuries 8 July 1979: A British soldier was killed in an IRA bomb attack on his foot patrol in Crossmaglen, County Armagh. 12 July 1979: Two IRA bombs exploded at a barracks of the British Army of the Rhine in Dortmund, West Germany, causing extensive damage but no injuries. 15 July 1979: A Catholic civilian was shot dead in the car-park of Falls Bowling Club on Andersonstown Road, Belfast. The Sutton Database claims that he was shot by the IRA. However, Lost Lives claims that the IRA denied responsibility and says that there is no obvious motive. 17 July 1979: An IRA unit launched a bomb attack on a British Army patrol in Rosslea, County Fermanagh. A civilian who was in the area was killed by shrapnel. 2 August 1979: Two British soldiers were killed by the IRA in a landmine attack at Cathedral Road, Armagh town. In Belfast, an RUC officer was shot dead by an IRA sniper. 3 August 1979: A Protestant civilian died after being injured by a bomb attack on a hotel in Ballycastle, County Antrim on 19 June. 7 August 1979: A civilian, Eamon Ryan, was shot dead by the IRA during a bank robbery in Tramore, County Waterford. 10 August 1979: A Protestant civilian was shot dead outside his home in Garvagh, County Londonderry. He was mistake for his brother who was a member of the UDR. 27 August 1979: An IRA bomb killed Earl Mountbatten of Burma at Mullaghmore, County Sligo the British Queen's first cousin, as well as The Dowager Baroness Brabourne, Mountbatten's elder daughter's mother-in-law (aged 83), The Hon. Nicholas