Murder of the Quinn brothers

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On 12 July 1998, brothers Jason (aged eight), Mark (aged nine), and Richard (aged 10) were murdered by the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) in a firebomb attack on their home in Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The sectarian attack was committed during widespread loyalist violence linked to the Drumcree stand-off, during "The Troubles". Loyalists were angered that the Protestant Orange Order was being prevented from marching through a Catholic neighbourhood in Portadown. The boys were from a Catholic family and lived with their mother in a mainly Protestant estate. Catholic families in the estate were sent death threats in the days before the attack. Police linked the attack to the Drumcree protests, and the murders led to widespread calls for the Orange Order to end their stand-off. Although the protests and violence dwindled following the murders, the Orangemen vowed to continue protesting. Garfield Gilmour was initially found guilty of murdering the three boys after admitting...

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