Avenue Bar shooting

Avenue Bar shooting
Part of the Troubles
Avenue Bar shooting is located in Northern Ireland
Avenue Bar shooting
LocationUnion Street,
Belfast,
Northern Ireland
Date15 May 1988
14:20 (GMT)
Attack type
Mass shooting
Weaponsvz. 58 assault rifles
Deaths3 civilians
Injured6
PerpetratorUlster Volunteer Force

The Avenue Bar shooting occurred on 15 May 1988 as the Ulster Volunteer Force launched a gun attack on the Avenue Bar on Union Street in the city centre of Belfast, Northern Ireland, killing three Catholic civilians and wounding six others. The bar was close to the Unity Flats complex and as a result was frequented mostly by Catholics.