§ Mr. William Rossasked 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. ScottWhilst it is not possible to be certain of the circumstances in every case, records indicate that the information is as follows:488W
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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.