Attack on James Murray's bookmakers

James Murray bookmakers' shooting
Part of the Troubles
Attack on James Murray's bookmakers is located in Northern Ireland
Attack on James Murray's bookmakers
LocationOldpark Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Date14 November 1992
14:20 (GMT)
Attack type
Mass shooting
WeaponsVz. 58 assault rifle, hand grenade
Deaths3 civilians
Injured13
PerpetratorUlster 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.