Sean Graham bookmakers' shooting

Sean Graham bookmakers' shooting
Part of the Troubles
The scene of the attack
Sean Graham bookmakers' shooting is located in Northern Ireland
Sean Graham bookmakers' shooting
Location132–134 Ormeau Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Coordinates54°35′07.8″N 5°55′22.7″W / 54.585500°N 5.922972°W / 54.585500; -5.922972
Date5 February 1992
14:20 (GMT)
Attack type
Mass shooting
Deaths5 civilians
Injured9
PerpetratorUlster Defence Association (South Belfast Brigade)

On 5 February 1992, there was a mass shooting at the Sean Graham bookmaker's shop on the Lower Ormeau Road in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Members of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA), a loyalist paramilitary group, opened fire on the customers with an assault rifle and handgun, killing five civilians and wounding nine. The shop was in a Catholic and Irish nationalist area and all of the victims were local Catholics. The UDA claimed responsibility using the cover name "Ulster Freedom Fighters", saying the shooting was retaliation for the Teebane bombing, which had been carried out by the Provisional IRA less than three weeks before. A later investigation by the Police Ombudsman found that the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) had engaged in "collusive behaviour" with UDA informers involved in the attack.