McGurk's Bar bombing

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bombing event of the Troubles mass killing terrorist attack

The McGurk's Bar bombing was a 1971 loyalist terrorist attack in Belfast in which a bomb exploded in a Catholic pub, killing 15 civilians and becoming one of the deadliest single incidents of the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

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Label	Occurrences
McGurk's Bar bombing canonical	2

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bombing ⓘ event of the Troubles ⓘ mass killing ⓘ terrorist attack ⓘ
buildingTypeTargeted	public house ⓘ
category	1971 in Northern Ireland ⓘ Attacks on bars and pubs ⓘ Mass murder in 1971 ⓘ Terrorist incidents in Belfast ⓘ Ulster Volunteer Force ⓘ surface form: Ulster Volunteer Force actions
city	Belfast ⓘ
commemoration	annual memorial events in Belfast ⓘ
conflict	The Troubles ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
date	1971-12-04 ⓘ
day	4 ⓘ
fatalitiesDescription	15 civilians killed ⓘ
jurisdiction	Northern Ireland ⓘ
location	Belfast ⓘ County Antrim ⓘ McGurk's Bar ⓘ Northern Ireland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
memorial	McGurk's Bar bombing memorial plaque in Belfast ⓘ
month	December ⓘ
motive	loyalist anti-Catholic violence ⓘ sectarian ⓘ
notableFor	one of the deadliest single incidents of the Troubles ⓘ
numberOfFatalities	15 ⓘ
numberOfInjured	17 ⓘ
partOf	loyalist campaign during the Troubles ⓘ
perpetrator	Ulster Volunteer Force ⓘ
perpetratorClassification	loyalist paramilitary group ⓘ
province	Ulster ⓘ
region	Cathedral Quarter, Belfast ⓘ surface form: Belfast city centre area
result	civilian casualties ⓘ destruction of McGurk's Bar ⓘ
target	Catholic civilians ⓘ McGurk's Bar ⓘ
timeOfDay	evening ⓘ
typeOfAttack	pub bombing ⓘ
victimCommunity	Catholic ⓘ nationalist ⓘ
weapon	time bomb ⓘ
year	1971 ⓘ

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Input

Subject: McGurk's Bar bombing
Description of subject: The McGurk's Bar bombing was a 1971 loyalist terrorist attack in Belfast in which a bomb exploded in a Catholic pub, killing 15 civilians and becoming one of the deadliest single incidents of the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ulster Volunteer Force → notableOperation → McGurk's Bar bombing ⓘ

Massacres in Northern Ireland → hasNotableExample → McGurk's Bar bombing ⓘ