8 April - The daughter of a Northern Ireland magistrate is gunned down by members of the Provisional IRA.
17 May - Belfast newspaper editor Jim Campell is shot and wounded by unidentified assailants following his publishing a series of articles criticising paramilitary organizations.
18 May - A Provisional IRA car bomb kills two British soldiers and eleven bystanders in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland.
18 May - Two RUC members are killed and a third injured when their vehicle struck a landmine planted by the Provisional IRA in South Armagh, Northern Ireland.