killed in separate IRA sniper attacks in Belfast. The first soldier was killed while on mobile patrol at Excise street off the Grosvenor Road, the second soldier was killed at the junction of Beechmount Avenue & the Falls Road while manning a vehicle checkpoint. 22 August 1972: The IRA shot dead a member of the Loyalist Association of Workers on Turin Street in Belfast. 22 August 1972: Nine people were killed when a bomb exploded prematurely at a customs post in Newry. Among the dead were two lorry drivers, four customs staff, and three IRA volunteers. 23 August 1972: A British soldier was shot dead in an IRA sniper attack in the Andersonstown area of Belfast. 23 August 1972: A British soldier and four civilians were shot and wounded in Belfast, Hollywood and Lurgan. 24 August 1972: A British soldier was killed in an IRA landmine attack on a British mobile-patrol in Crossmaglen, County Armagh. 25 August 1972: A British soldier was shot dead by an IRA sniper in the Shantallow area of Derry. 26 August 1972: Two UDR soldiers were killed in an IRA remote controlled bomb attack in Cherrymount, County Fermanagh. 26 August 1972: Two IRA volunteers died in a premature bomb explosion in Downpatrick, County Down. 27 August 1972: A British soldier was shot dead by an IRA sniper in Creggan Heights, Derry. 28 August 1972: A British soldier was shot dead in an IRA sniper attack on Beechmount Avenue in Belfast. A civilian was also killed when he triggered a booby-trap bomb near his farm in County Fermanagh. It was reported that the bomb had been intended for soldiers who were patrolling the area following reports of gunfire. 30 August 1972: Two British soldiers were killed in separate IRA gun and bomb attacks in Belfast. September 10 September 1972: three British soldiers were killed in an IRA landmine attack on a British Army armoured personnel carrier near Dungannon, County Tyrone. 15 September 1972: a British soldier was shot dead in an IRA sniper attack in the Bogside area of Derry. 16 September 1972: British soldiers manning security post within the grounds of the Royal Victoria Hospital trade fire with three IRA units at night. One man was wounded. 17 September 1972: an IRA volunteer was shot dead by the British Army during a riot in the Creggan area of Derry. 18 September 1972: a British soldier