Kingsmill massacre
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kingsmill-massacre-204-389494
title:
Kingsmill massacre
text:
The Kingsmill massacre, also known as the White Cross massacre, was a mass shooting that took place on 5 January 1976 near the village of Whitecross in south County Armagh, Northern Ireland. Gunmen stopped a minibus carrying eleven Protestant workmen, lined them up alongside it and shot them. Only one victim survived, despite having been shot 18 times. A Catholic man on the minibus was allowed to go free. A group calling itself the South Armagh Republican Action Force claimed responsibility. It
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
1976 sectarian massacre during The Troubles in Northern Ireland
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsmill_massacre
date created:
2005-09-01T21:23:09Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T19:16:42Z
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