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The 1991 Cappagh killings was a gun attack by the loyalist Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) on 3 March 1991 in the village of Cappagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. A unit of the UVF's Mid-Ulster Brigade drove to the staunchly republican village and shot dead three Provisional IRA volunteers and a Catholic civilian at Boyle's Bar. There were allegations of collusion between the UVF and the Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) in the shootings.

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  • The 1991 Cappagh killings was a gun attack by the loyalist Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) on 3 March 1991 in the village of Cappagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. A unit of the UVF's Mid-Ulster Brigade drove to the staunchly republican village and shot dead three Provisional IRA volunteers and a Catholic civilian at Boyle's Bar. There were allegations of collusion between the UVF and the Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) in the shootings.
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  • 1991-03-03(xsd:date)
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  • The 1991 Cappagh killings was a gun attack by the loyalist Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) on 3 March 1991 in the village of Cappagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. A unit of the UVF's Mid-Ulster Brigade drove to the staunchly republican village and shot dead three Provisional IRA volunteers and a Catholic civilian at Boyle's Bar. Although nobody was ever charged in connection with the killings, it was widely believed by nationalists and much of the press that the attack had been planned and led by Billy Wright, the charismatic leader of the Mid-Ulster Brigade's Portadown unit. The shootings, which were boldly carried out by the UVF in a seemingly impenetrable IRA stronghold, had a devastating effect on the IRA's East Tyrone Brigade and shattered their morale. Wright himself took credit for this and boasted to the Guardian newspaper, "I would look back and say Cappagh was probably our best". There were allegations of collusion between the UVF and the Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) in the shootings.
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