{"id":60017,"date":"2026-09-03T16:17:03","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T16:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/sean-graham-attack-vandalism-of-memorial-hurtful-and-hateful-families-say\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T16:17:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T16:17:03","slug":"sean-graham-attack-vandalism-of-memorial-hurtful-and-hateful-families-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/sean-graham-attack-vandalism-of-memorial-hurtful-and-hateful-families-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean Graham attack: Vandalism of memorial ‘hurtful and hateful’ families say"},"content":{"rendered":"


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At 14:20 on Wednesday, 5 February 1992, two armed loyalist gunmen from the UDA walked into Sean Graham’s bookmakers on Belfast’s Ormeau Road.<\/p>\n

They opened fire indiscriminately using automatic weapons, hitting 12 of the 13 customers who were inside.<\/p>\n

Five people were murdered in the attack. Seven more were wounded.<\/p>\n

The Lower Ormeau is a mainly nationalist community and all of the victims were from a Catholic background.<\/p>\n

In 2022 settlements were reached in High Court actions<\/a> over alleged state collusion in the killings.<\/p>\n

Victims and relatives had issued legal cases against the Police Service of Northern Ireland chief constable, the UK government and the Ministry of Defence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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