Bleary Darts Club shooting | |
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Part of The Troubles | |
Location | Bleary, County Down, Northern Ireland |
Date | 27 April 1975 22:20 PM |
Target | Irish Catholics, Irish nationalists |
Attack type | Mass shooting |
Weapons | |
Deaths | 3 civilians |
Injured | 1 |
Perpetrator | Ulster Volunteer Force |
The Bleary Darts Club shooting was a mass shooting that took place on 27 April 1975 in the village of Bleary, Northern Ireland. Members of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) burst into a darts club frequented by Catholics and opened fire on the crowd, killing three civilians and wounding a fourth. The attack is one of many that has been linked to the Glenanne gang.