Greysteel massacre

Greysteel massacre
Part of The Troubles
Front of the Rising Sun Bar
Location	Rising Sun Bar, Greysteel, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Coordinates	55°1′55″N 7°7′20″W / 55.03194°N 7.12222°W / 55.03194; -7.12222
Date	October 30, 1993; 30 years ago (1993-10-30) 22:00
Attack type	Mass shooting
Weapons	vz. 58, shotgun, handgun
Deaths	8
Injured	19
Perpetrator	Ulster Freedom Fighters/Ulster Defence Association North Antrim & Londonderry Brigade

The Greysteel massacre^[1][2] was a mass shooting that took place on the evening of 30 October 1993 in Greysteel, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Members of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA), a loyalist paramilitary group, opened fire on civilians in a crowded pub during a Halloween party, killing eight and wounding nineteen. The pub was targeted because it was frequented by Catholics, though two of the victims were Protestant. The group claimed responsibility using their cover name "Ulster Freedom Fighters", saying the attack was revenge for the Shankill Road bombing by the Provisional IRA a week earlier. Four men were sentenced to life imprisonment for the massacre but were released in 2000 under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement.