Loughinisland massacre

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The Loughinisland massacre was a 1994 sectarian attack in County Down, Northern Ireland, in which loyalist gunmen opened fire in a pub during a World Cup match, killing six Catholic civilians and injuring several others.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mass shooting ⓘ
massacre ⓘ
sectarian attack ⓘ
terrorist attack ⓘ
aftermath widespread condemnation across Northern Ireland and internationally ⓘ
allegations collusion between security forces and loyalist paramilitaries ⓘ
chronology occurred during the later phase of The Troubles ⓘ
commemoratedBy memorial in Loughinisland ⓘ
conflict The Troubles ⓘ
context attack occurred while patrons watched a Republic of Ireland World Cup match on television ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
date 18 June 1994 ⓘ
eventDuring 1994 FIFA World Cup ⓘ
impact increased scrutiny of state collusion with loyalist paramilitaries ⓘ
investigatedBy Royal Ulster Constabulary ⓘ
laterInvestigatedBy Police Service of Northern Ireland ⓘ
legalOutcome no one has been convicted for the killings ⓘ
location County Down ⓘ
Loughinisland ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ
mediaCoverage extensively covered by Irish and British media ⓘ
memorialDay annual commemoration held in June ⓘ
motive sectarianism ⓘ
notableVictim Adrian Rogan ⓘ
Barney Green ⓘ
Daniel McCreanor ⓘ
Eamon Byrne ⓘ
Malcolm Jenkinson ⓘ
Patrick O’Hare ⓘ
numberOfPeopleInjured 5 ⓘ
numberOfPeopleKilled 6 ⓘ
partOf loyalist campaign against Catholics during The Troubles ⓘ
perpetrator Ulster Volunteer Force ⓘ
perpetratorClassification loyalist paramilitary group ⓘ
policeOmbudsmanFinding evidence of collusion between police and loyalist paramilitaries was identified ⓘ
original police investigation was described as "catastrophic" ⓘ
region Ulster ⓘ
relatedTo Northern Ireland peace process ⓘ
subjectOf Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland report ⓘ
documentary film "No Stone Unturned" ⓘ
target Catholic civilians ⓘ
tookPlaceInBuilding The Heights Bar ⓘ
typeOfCrime murder ⓘ
terrorism ⓘ
victimReligion Roman Catholic ⓘ
weaponUsed assault rifle ⓘ
shotgun ⓘ
year 1994 ⓘ

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Ulster Volunteer Force → notableOperation → Loughinisland massacre ⓘ
Massacres in Northern Ireland → hasNotableExample → Loughinisland massacre ⓘ
Adrian Rogan → victimOf → Loughinisland massacre ⓘ
Daniel McCreanor → killedIn → Loughinisland massacre ⓘ
Eamon Byrne → victimOf → Loughinisland massacre ⓘ
Eamon Byrne → locatedInEvent → Loughinisland pub shooting ⓘ
linked to: Loughinisland massacre
Eamon Byrne → memorializedIn → Loughinisland massacre memorials ⓘ
linked to: Loughinisland massacre
Loughinisland → notableFor → Loughinisland massacre ⓘ
The Heights Bar → knownFor → Loughinisland massacre ⓘ
The Heights Bar → siteOf → Loughinisland massacre ⓘ
No Stone Unturned → subject → Loughinisland massacre ⓘ
No Stone Unturned → depicts → Loughinisland massacre ⓘ
Barney Green → victimOf → Loughinisland massacre ⓘ
Barney Green → associatedWithEvent → 1994 Loughinisland massacre ⓘ
linked to: Loughinisland massacre
Patrick O’Hare → killedIn → Loughinisland massacre ⓘ
Malcolm Jenkinson → victimOf → Loughinisland massacre ⓘ