Pitchfork murders

Pitchfork murders
Part of the Troubles
LocationAughnahinch, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
Date23 October 1972
4:20 p.m.
Attack type
Stabbing
WeaponBowie knife
VictimsMichael Naan and Andrew Murray
PerpetratorsBritish soldiers Stanley Hathaway and John Byrne

The killing of Michael Naan and Andrew Murray, better known as the Pitchfork murders, was the killing of two Catholic civilians in October 1972, by two British Army soldiers of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.