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- Els assassinats dels Reavey i els O'Dowd van ser el desenllaç de dos atacs armats coordinats el 4 de gener de 1976 al comtat d'Armagh, Irlanda del Nord. Sis membres de dues famílies catòliques, els Reavey i els O'Dowd, van morir quan membres de l'Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), un grup paramilitar lleialista de l'Ulster, van entrar a casa seva i els van disparar. Tres membres de la família Reavey van ser disparats a i quatre membres de la família O'Dowd van ser disparats a . Dos dels Reaveys i tres dels O'Dowds van morir a l'acte, i la tercera víctima dels Reavey va morir per hemorràgia cerebral gairebé un mes després. Els assassinats formaven part d'una sèrie d'atacs contra catòlics i nacionalistes irlandesos per part de la "banda Glenanne", una aliança de militants lleialistes, soldats britànics i oficials de policia del Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) que hauria actuat la dècada de 1970 en el conflicte nord-irlandès. Billy McCaughey, un agent de policia del del RUC, va admetre que va participar i va acusar un altre oficial d’estar implicat. El seu company John Weir va dir que entre els implicats hi havia un soldat britànic, dos agents de policia i un presumpte agent de policia: Robin 'el xacal' Jackson. En venjança, l'endemà homes armats van matar a trets deu civils protestants a la massacre de Kingsmill, una acció que es va atribuir un grup autodenominat , i que era un nom encobert utilitzat per membres de la Brigada del Sud d'Armagh de l'IRA. (ca)
- The Reavey and O'Dowd killings were two co-ordinated gun attacks on 4 January 1976 in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. Six Catholic civilians died after members of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), an Ulster loyalist paramilitary group, broke into their homes and shot them. Three members of the Reavey family were shot at their home in Whitecross and four members of the O'Dowd family were shot at their home in Ballydougan. Two of the Reaveys and three of the O'Dowds were killed outright, with the third Reavey victim dying of brain hemorrhage almost a month later. The shootings were part of a string of attacks on Catholics and Irish nationalists by the "Glenanne gang"; an alliance of loyalist militants, rogue British soldiers and Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) police officers. Billy McCaughey, an officer from the Special Patrol Group, admitted taking part and accused another officer of involvement. His colleague John Weir said those involved included a British soldier, two police officers and an alleged police agent: Robin 'the Jackal' Jackson. The next day, IRA gunmen shot dead ten Protestant civilians in the Kingsmill massacre. This was claimed as retaliation for the Reavey and O'Dowd shootings, and was the climax of a string of tit-for-tat killings in the area during the mid-1970s. (en)
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- Els assassinats dels Reavey i els O'Dowd van ser el desenllaç de dos atacs armats coordinats el 4 de gener de 1976 al comtat d'Armagh, Irlanda del Nord. Sis membres de dues famílies catòliques, els Reavey i els O'Dowd, van morir quan membres de l'Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), un grup paramilitar lleialista de l'Ulster, van entrar a casa seva i els van disparar. Tres membres de la família Reavey van ser disparats a i quatre membres de la família O'Dowd van ser disparats a . Dos dels Reaveys i tres dels O'Dowds van morir a l'acte, i la tercera víctima dels Reavey va morir per hemorràgia cerebral gairebé un mes després. (ca)
- The Reavey and O'Dowd killings were two co-ordinated gun attacks on 4 January 1976 in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. Six Catholic civilians died after members of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), an Ulster loyalist paramilitary group, broke into their homes and shot them. Three members of the Reavey family were shot at their home in Whitecross and four members of the O'Dowd family were shot at their home in Ballydougan. Two of the Reaveys and three of the O'Dowds were killed outright, with the third Reavey victim dying of brain hemorrhage almost a month later. (en)
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