. . . . "1993"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . "\u2022 border|22px RUC"@en . . "Northern Ireland"@en . . . . "1122338804"^^ . . . . . . "54.3776741027832"^^ . "1993-12-12"^^ . . "13320"^^ . . . . "On 12 December 1993, a unit of the Provisional Irish Republican Army's (IRA) East Tyrone Brigade ambushed a two-men unmarked mobile patrol of the RUC in Fivemiletown, County Tyrone. Two constables (Andrew Beacom and Ernest Smith) were shot and killed instantly. A military helicopter was also fired at by a second IRA unit in the aftermath of the incident, during a follow-up operation launched in the surroundings of the town by both the British Army and the RUC. A number of suspects were questioned, but the perpetrators made good their escape. The action occurred just three days before the Downing Street Declaration."@en . "None"@en . . . . . . "300"^^ . . . "\u2022border|22pxBritish Army" . . . "300"^^ . . . "1 British Army helicopter" . "1993 Fivemiletown ambush"@en . . . . "POINT(-7.3166666030884 54.377674102783)"^^ . "\u2022East Tyrone Brigade" . . . . . "yes"@en . . . . "5"^^ . . . "the Troubles and Operation Banner"@en . . "1"^^ . "66413193"^^ . "2"^^ . . . . . "On 12 December 1993, a unit of the Provisional Irish Republican Army's (IRA) East Tyrone Brigade ambushed a two-men unmarked mobile patrol of the RUC in Fivemiletown, County Tyrone. Two constables (Andrew Beacom and Ernest Smith) were shot and killed instantly. A military helicopter was also fired at by a second IRA unit in the aftermath of the incident, during a follow-up operation launched in the surroundings of the town by both the British Army and the RUC. A number of suspects were questioned, but the perpetrators made good their escape. The action occurred just three days before the Downing Street Declaration."@en . "1 RUC mobile patrol" . "A British soldier watching the scene of the ambush"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "\u2022 border|22px British Army"@en . . . . . . . "\u2022border|22pxRUC" . . . . . . . . . "-7.316666603088379"^^ . . . . "IRA victory"@en . . "\u2022 East Tyrone Brigade"@en . . . "1993-12-12"^^ . . . "2"^^ . "2 active service units" . . . . . . . . . "IRA victory" . . "1993 Fivemiletown ambush"@en . . . "54.37767222222222 -7.316666666666666" . . . "None" . "border|22pxProvisional IRA" .