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Undercover British Army soldiers, believed to be members of the Special Air Service (SAS), shot dead three PIRA men as they travelled in a car near Coagh, County Tyrone. Approximately 200 shots were fired by the SAS soldiers at the car. Two rifles were later recovered from the car.

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https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/cgi-bin/dyndeaths.pl?querytype=date&day=3&month=06&year=1991

Malcolm Sutton: An Index of Deaths from the Conflict in Ireland