What the records say
- When
- 1997
- Kind
- Murder
- Coordinates
- 54.50° N, 6.50° W
- Description
- 1997 murder in Northern Ireland
- Date from
- year in its Wikidata description
Placed at the region its description names, Northern Ireland.
Killing of Sean Brown
1997 killing in Northern Ireland
On 12 May 1997, Sean Brown, a 61-year-old married father of six and Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) official, was abducted and killed by the Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF) in Northern Ireland. Masked men abducted him from outside Bellaghy Wolfe Tones GAA club, hijacked his car and drove him to a spot ten miles away, where they shot him and set the car on fire.
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