The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army" id="mwlA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Provisional Irish Republican Army">Provisional Irish Republican Army</a> carries out a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_Newry_mortar_attack" id="mwlQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1985 Newry mortar attack">mortar attack</a> on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Ulster_Constabulary" id="mwlg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Royal Ulster Constabulary">Royal Ulster Constabulary</a> police station at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newry" id="mwlw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Newry">Newry</a>, killing nine officers.<sup about="#mwt87" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-16"}}' id="cite_ref-16" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_28#cite_note-16" id="mwmA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 16;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwmQ">[16]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-16"><a class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1985/03/01/world/ira-mortars-kill-9-at-ulster-base.html" id="mwBhM" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"I.R.A. MORTARS KILL 9 AT ULSTER BASE"</a>. <i id="mwBhQ"><a href="./The_New_York_Times" id="mwBhU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>. 1 March 1985. Retrieved 28 February 2015.</span>