Top of the Hill bar shooting | |
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Part of The Troubles | |
Location | Strabane Old Road, Derry, Northern Ireland |
Date | 20 December 1972 10:30 PM |
Target | Irish Catholics |
Attack type | Mass shooting, massacre |
Weapons | Sterling submachine gun |
Deaths | 5 |
Injured | 4 |
Perpetrator | Ulster Defence Association |
The Top of the Hill bar shooting, or Annie's Bar massacre,[1] was a mass shooting in Derry, Northern Ireland on 20 December 1972, during the Troubles. Five civilians were killed when members of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA), a loyalist paramilitary group, opened fire on the customers in a pub frequented by Catholics.[2]