Peter Nesbitt
Died
:
10 March 1987
Age
:
32
Rank
:
Reserve Constable
Force
:
Royal Ulster Constabulary
Cause
:
Homicide - Bomb
Duty Status
:
On Duty
Roll of Honour Citation
Fatally injured by a remote-controlled terrorist bomb hidden in a derelict shop and detonated when his patrol arrived.
Fatally injured by a remote-controlled terrorist bomb hidden in a derelict shop and detonated when his patrol arrived to respond to reports of a robbery at a sweet shop. It later transpired to be a hoax report with the sole purpose of luring RUC officers towards the bomb planted at the corner of Woodvale and Crumlin Road, Belfast.
Constable Nesbitt’s funeral was later attacked by a terrorists who detonated a bomb injuring four RUC officers.