Shankill Butchers killings

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The Shankill Butchers killings were a series of notoriously brutal sectarian murders carried out by a loyalist gang in Belfast during the Northern Ireland Troubles.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf sectarian killings
series of murders
area Shankill Road
authorOfBookAbout Martin Dillon
characterizedAs notoriously brutal
serial killings
cityDistrict West Belfast
conflict The Troubles
country United Kingdom
endTime late 1970s
hasBook The Shankill Butchers: A Case Study of Mass Murder
hasDocumentary Shankill Butchers television documentaries
historicalContext Northern Ireland conflict
linked to: The Troubles
ideology Ulster loyalism
anti-Catholic sectarianism
impact heightened sectarian fear in Belfast
international condemnation
legalOutcome multiple convictions of gang members
location Belfast
Northern Ireland
mediaCoverage extensive coverage in British and Irish media
methodOfKilling abduction
throat-cutting
torture
motive intimidation of Catholic community
sectarian hatred
notablePerpetrator Lenny Murphy
partOf loyalist paramilitary violence
perpetrator Shankill Butchers gang
Ulster Volunteer Force
policeForceInvestigating Royal Ulster Constabulary
region United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
linked to: United Kingdom
startTime mid-1970s
timePeriod 1970s
typeOfCrime hate crime
terrorism
victimGroup Catholic civilians
victimSelection random Catholic civilians
weaponUsed butcher knives
cleavers

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Massacres in Northern Ireland hasNotableExample Shankill Butchers killings
Shankill Butchers killings perpetrator Shankill Butchers gang
linked to: Shankill Butchers killings
Shankill Butchers killings hasBook The Shankill Butchers: A Case Study of Mass Murder
linked to: Shankill Butchers killings