James Murray bookmakers' shooting | |
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Part of the Troubles | |
Location | Oldpark Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Date | 14 November 1992 14:20 (GMT) |
Attack type | Mass shooting |
Weapons | Vz. 58 assault rifle, hand grenade |
Deaths | 3 civilians |
Injured | 13 |
Perpetrator | Ulster Defence Association, UDA West Belfast Brigade |
On 14 November 1992, the Ulster Defence Association (UDA), a loyalist paramilitary group, launched an attack on James Murray's bookmakers on the Oldpark Road in Belfast, Northern Ireland. A gunman fired on the customers with an assault rifle, while another threw a grenade inside. Three civilians were killed and thirteen wounded. The shop was in a Catholic and Irish nationalist area, and all of the victims were local Catholics. The attack was likened to the Sean Graham bookmakers' shooting carried out by the UDA earlier that year.