As were car bombs, pub bombs and even just hurling rocks and “missiles” at troops. The actions of IRA and UDA led to plenty of innocent deaths.
Groups responsible and number of deaths
Republican paramilitary groups 2057
Loyalist paramilitary groups 1019
British security forces 363
Persons unknown 82
Irish security forces 5
Total 3526
It’s time we moved on, this is just opening old wounds.