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| + | *'''27''' - [[Robert Hamill]] killed in a sectarian attack in [[Portadown]].<ref>[http://www.birw.org/inquiries_RobertHamillCase.html Robert Hamill Case], British Irish Rights Watch], accessed 16 October 2012.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 21:59, 16 October 2012
Events related to state violence and collusion in Northern Ireland in 1997.
Contents
April
- 27 - Robert Hamill killed in a sectarian attack in Portadown.[1]
May
- 18 - John Harbinson shot dead by the UVF on the Mount Vernon estate.[2] Policing Ombudsman Nuala O'Loan would later link RUC "informant 1" Mark Haddock to the killing.[3]
November
- 9 Raymond McCord Jr. found dead in Ballyduff quarry, Newtownabbey, Co. Antrim. he had been murdered by the UVF.[4] Policing Ombudsman Nuala O'Loan would later link RUC "informant 1" Mark Haddock to the killing.[5]
December
- 27 - Loyalist Volunteer Force leader Billy Wright shot dead by the INLA in the Maze Prison.[6]
Notes
- ↑ Robert Hamill Case, British Irish Rights Watch], accessed 16 October 2012.
- ↑ Statement by the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland on her investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Raymond McCord Jr and related matters, 22 January 2007, p.84.
- ↑ Statement by the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland on her investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Raymond McCord Jr and related matters, 22 January 2007, p.7.
- ↑ David McKittrick, Seamus Kelters, Brian Feeney, Chris Thornton and David McVea, Lost Lives, Mainstream Publishing, 2004, p.1415.
- ↑ Statement by the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland on her investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Raymond McCord Jr and related matters, 22 January 2007, p.7.
- ↑ Background to the Inquiry, Report of the Billy Wright Inquiry, accessed 30 June 2012.
