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Mass shooting near Darkley, County Antrim ()

The Darkley killings or Darkley massacre was a gun attack carried out on 20 November near the village of Darkley in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. Three gunmen attacked worshippers attending a church service at Mountain Lodge Pentecostal Church, killing three Protestant civilians and wounding seven.

The attackers were members of the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) acting on their own.

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They claimed responsibility using the cover name "Catholic Reaction Force", saying it was retaliation for recent sectarian attacks on Catholics by the loyalist "Protestant Action Force".^[1] The attack was condemned by the INLA leadership.

Background

In the months before the Darkley killings, several Catholic civilians were killed by loyalists.

On 29 October , a Catholic civilian member of the Workers' Party, David Nocher (26), was shot dead in Belfast.^[2][3] On 8 November, Catholic civilian