Editing Downpatrick (section)

===The Troubles===
There were many gun attacks and bombings in Downpatrick during [[the Troubles]]. The deadliest incident was the [[Downpatrick landmine attack]] on 9 April 1990. The [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] (IRA) detonated a massive [[Improvised explosive device|improvised]] [[land mine]] under a [[British Army]] convoy on Ballydugan Road, just outside the town. Four soldiers of the [[Ulster Defence Regiment]] (UDR) were killed<ref>{{cite book |last1=McKittrick |first1=David |title=Lost Lives: The Stories of the Men, Women and Children who Died as a Result of the Northern Ireland Troubles |date=2001 |publisher=Random House |page=1195}}</ref>