What the records say
- When
- 5 Jan 1976
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 10
- Coordinates
- 54.22° N, 6.45° W
- Description
- 1976 sectarian massacre during The Troubles in Northern Ireland
Kingsmill massacre
1976 sectarian massacre during The Troubles in Northern Ireland
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.
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