HC Deb 14 December 1983 vol 50 cc487-9W
Mr. William Ross

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many deaths there were as a result of the actions taken by terrorists in each month since 1 January 1979 in Northern Ireland; and how many (a) shooting incidents and (b) explosions in each of those months did not result in deaths.

Mr. Scott

Whilst it is not possible to be certain of the circumstances in every case, records indicate that the information is as follows:

Deaths as a result of action taken by terrorists and non-fatal shootings and explosions
Deaths Shootings Explosions
1979
January 2 69 21
February 6 57 14
March 2 60 50
April 16 51 49
May 7 53 59
June 11 45 54
July 7 55 37
August 25 83 29
September 6 41 21
October 11 60 11
Deaths Shootings Explosions
November 9 59 40
December 11 33 14
Total 113 666 399
1980
January 14 53 28
February 8 55 40
March 3 57 35
April 9 55 29
May 4 58 19
June 4 35 13
July 3 51 26
August 8 61 11
September 3 46 38
October 3 35 22
November 5 55 1
December 6 28 5
Total 70 589 267
1981
January 7 38 30
February 5 29 10
March 3 47 2
April 6 53 11
May 16 278 128
June 5 86 21
July 7 155 39
August 4 129 66
September 11 62 11
October 7 63 22
November 14 86 11
December 50 16
Total 85 1,076 387
1982
January 7 49 6
February 43 15
March 7 40 19
April 10 44 46
May 4 60 17
June 4 41 30
July 2 32 16
August 3 63 17
September 8 27 7
October 12 42 10
November 9 33 7
December 19 25 16
Total 85 499 206
1983
January 5 38 5
February 5 24 14
March 5 35 19
April 4 22 10
May 5 30 19
June 3 24 44
July 8 45 22
August 4 42 18
September 4 20 42
October 8 22 16
November 12 33 14
Total 63 335 223

Notes:

(i) Shootings include punishment shootings, shooting incidents where security forces initiated fire, or returned fire, and 'shots heard' reports.

(ii) Explosions include blast incendiary devices, but exclude 'cassette' type fire bombs. The figures may include a number of explosions occurring in one 'bomb incident' eg where three bombs explode in one building, three explosions would be recorded.

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