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The Troubles: Gunmen shoot dead ten Protestant civilians after stopping their minibus at Kingsmill in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK, allegedly as retaliation for a string of attacks on Catholic civilians in the area by Loyalists, particularly the killing of six Catholics the night before.
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The Troubles
1960s–1990s conflict in Northern Ireland
The Troubles were an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted for about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998. Also known internationally as the Northern Ireland conflict, it began in the late 1960s and is usually deemed to have ended with the Good Friday…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Kingsmill massacre
1976 sectarian massacre during The Troubles in Northern Ireland
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County Armagh
County in Northern Ireland
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Irish Catholics
Ethnoreligious group native to Ireland
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Ulster loyalism
Pro-UK political ideology in Northern Ireland
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Reavey and O'Dowd killings
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