Findings show 'significant collusion' by security forces in Loughinisland pub murders

The North's security forces were guilty of significant collusion in the loyalist murders of six Catholic men gunned down while watching a World Cup football match, a police watchdog in the North has found.

Findings show 'significant collusion' by security forces in Loughinisland pub murders

The North's security forces were guilty of significant collusion in the loyalist murders of six Catholic men gunned down while watching a World Cup football match, a police watchdog in the North has found.

One suspect in the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) attack on the Heights Bar in Loughinisland, Co Down in 1994 was a police informant, Northern Ireland's Police Ombudsman Dr Michael Maguire said.

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