was ambushed by IRA snipers outside North Howards Street British Army base in Belfast. 6 July 1977: An RUC officer was shot dead by the IRA while sitting in a stationary patrol vehicle in Aughnacloy, County Tyrone. 22 July 1977: A Prison Officer was shot dead in Ballymoney, County Antrim. 27 July 1977: The IRA shot dead a UDR soldier at his home on Woodvale Avenue, Belfast. 27 July 1977: The IRA shot dead a Republican Clubs (political wing of the OIRA) member at Alexander House, Belfast, as part of a republican feud. 27 July 1977: An IRA volunteer was shot dead by the OIRA as he drove along Divismore Crescent, Ballymurphy. Part of a republican feud. 9 August 1977: Fianna Éireann (IRA youth wing) volunteer Paul McWilliams was shot dead by a British Army sniper in the Ballymurphy area of Belfast. 9 August 1977: A British soldier was shot dead by an IRA sniper outside Henry Taggart British Army base in the Ballymurphy area of Belfast. 10 August 1977: The IRA planted a small bomb in the grounds of the New University of Ulster, which Queen Elizabeth II was visiting. The bomb exploded shortly after the Queen had left. There were no injuries and little damage. 12 August 1977: A British soldier was shot dead by an IRA sniper while on patrol in the Turf Lodge area of Belfast. 22 August 1977: A civilian was kidnapped from his home near Crossmaglen by the IRA and shot dead. The IRA claimed he was a British informer. 28 August 1977: A British soldier was shot dead by an IRA sniper while on foot patrol in the Ardoyne area of Belfast. 31 August 1977: A British soldier was shot dead by an IRA sniper while on a British Army mobile patrol in the Antrim Road area of Belfast. 7 September 1977: A civilian was shot dead by the IRA in a bar in Dublin. The IRA claimed he was an informer. 8 September 1977: A UDR soldier was shot dead by the IRA in the Finaghy area of Belfast. 13 September 1977: A UDR soldier was shot dead by an IRA sniper while driving a vehicle in Gortin, County Tyrone. 25 September 1977: A UDR soldier was shot dead by the IRA in Brantry, County Tyrone. 3 October 1977: Army border patrol came under fire from suspected IRA sniper at Flurrybridge 4