bomb exploded prematurely as it was being planted. Nine people were killed in addition to one of the bombers, Thomas Begley. None of the loyalist paramilitaries targeted were hurt, as they had postponed a planned meeting. Begley's accomplice, Sean Kelly, survived and was imprisoned.

Eight months after the Fish shop bombing, volunteers from the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA), a Republican paramilitary group, shot & killed three UVF volunteers and injured a civilian outside