 Robert Hamill | |
| Date | 27 April 1997 |
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| Location | Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland |
| Coordinates | 54°25′22″N 6°26′37″W / 54.4226953241807°N 6.4435453487172785°W |
| Cause | Assault |
| Deaths | Robert Hamill (aged 25 years) |
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Robert Hamill was a Northern Irish Catholic man who was beaten to death by a loyalist mob in Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. Hamill and his friends were attacked on 27 April 1997 on the town's main street. It has been claimed that the local Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), parked a short distance away, did nothing to stop the attack. At the time of the murder, tension between Ulster loyalists (mainly Protestants) and Irish nationalists (mainly Catholics) was high, mostly due to the ongoing Drumcree parade dispute.